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on my buggy thing, i have put the LPG convertor in basically just where the heater would normally be in line (there is no heater). one line from the manifold, and one line from the block/head. will this flow alright? not enough? too much?

Whats the motor ?????
water pump fitted ????
where are the original hearter outlet/inlets located ????


Best if you can get one hose conected to the waterpump, that way it will have water flow.
If the water pump has no heater inlet/outlet then your options are limited to using the existing ones unless you can drill and tap in an adaptor somewhere.

The height you have it at sounds right, never put a converter higher than the highest waterjacket in the motor..... airlocks everytime !!

Wendle, that should be ok as the more flow the better here in Canberra. Make sure you still run a thermostat as you will need the engine to warm up quick when you are up at berridale. Usually when you run a converter in the hich country u tru give it the full flow of the heater, preferably before the heater but seeing as you have no heater you wont haver any probs. If you have any other Qs let me know & I will ask a mate of mine if I can't answer them. By the way I got my GQ , I love coils now

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Ive seen them v8

The weather/climate is a major consideration as MK said..... Thats why I recon pluggin one pipe into the waterpump is the gee ooh.
This way the water WILL be moving even from a cold start regardless of what the thermostat is doing.
Quite often see LPG cars drive off in the cold mornings around here and then 500 metres later they stop because the water in the converter has frozen, then its either wait for it to thaw or pour hot water over it to get it going again.
Running one line from the w/pump and one from either the head or inlet manifold will allow it to keep running regardless of the cold weather, but running the 2 pipes to head/manifold will result in a freeze up on a cold mornings startup.

Yours must have posted a millisecond befoere mine Kingy beacause as I pressed enter my email warning came up & it was you replying. I have seen this heaps here beacuse the converter just dousn't get hot enough here when it is -7 or 8 & people won't warm their engines up. 5 minutes warming your engine will save you 30 minutes stuck on the side of the road

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yeah, i haven't taken any shots of the motor, it is just a boring old TB42, the convertor is plumbed straight in to the heater inlet/outlets. one comes off the bottom of the intake monifold, one sticks out the side of the block, or head, cant remember, but the side of the engine anyways..
the top of the convertor is slightly lower than the highest point of the motor, this is the closest i have to a picture of it..

By the pic shot it looks as if the convertor is on its back ..... ie: water inlets/outlets are horizontal...... bad for airlocks this way, better if the inlet/outlet are one above the other..... no airlocks ... garenteed !

The motor outlets are std issue and would work ok but for inital warmup period...... dont expect to jump in and drive off from a cold start without warming up first.

Like I said its better if you can get an outlet from the waterpump somewhere....... get a brass screw in outlet, drill and tap a thread to suit in the water pump and fit it. remove any excess that may impeed the impeller and ya done !

I paid $6.50 for the last brass outlet I got, the tap size is a common one for either of the 2 thread sizes you get...... if you havent got a suitable tap see a plumber ...... they have heaps !!!

V8Patrol wrote: better if the inlet/outlet are one above the other..... no airlocks ... garenteed !

this is how they are, you can only see half of it cause of the bonnet and stuff..

V8Patrol wrote:The motor outlets are std issue and would work ok but for inital warmup period...... dont expect to jump in and drive off from a cold start without warming up first.

no worries, that is good enough for me.. once warmed up it should cop a fair bit of radiant heat from the extractors too, i guess...

thanks man..

kewl ..... have fun !