Guest gsw Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 there's a guy over on the aristo forum that's fitted lpg to his Aristo...we'll see how his turbos like it. not sure how long he's had it in there for but doesn't seem to be any adverse effects from what i can see. going on 5 years and counting:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 going on 5 years and counting:d Christ Glynn, where do you come from?? You only have to mention LPG and you appear like a genie!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattanna Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I bow down to you fountains of knowledge but I would rather eat my own arm than spend £1800 on an LPG conversion when that could be spent getting a few extra ponies or on the aesthetics of the car inside and out. A lot you could do with that money that sure beats the living cr*p out of an LPG conversion I can kind of understand it on the Aristo due to the family dimensions of the car itself but this is a Supra.... It's supposed to polute the world and cost a fortune to run otherwise they would be driven by Chavs and "Green aware" politicians and lets face it neither of them should ever be aloud behind the wheel of a dream! Rant over! Well if you look at the savings in fuel at 33p per litre you could make your money back in no time and spend that on mods, modding is no different with lpg it can in fact take higher boost but the ceramic turbos would not like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I have an LPG pump somewhere from the old Jag days. All you'd need is a pump, some big bottles of propane that roofers use (I think they're 45Kg ones) and you can refuel at home. Oh, and its about 35p/litre delivered to your door if you find a low cost propane bottle supplier. You must tell HM customs etc of the fact that you're using it as road fuel & pay the duty of course.... just like I used to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest munchie Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I sell propane for a living, I can do a 47kg bottle for £30, thats 108 litres for £30 works out to be 27p per litre compared to 97p per litre for regular unleaded. Imagine only £16 to fill your tank up! I obviously dont pay that for a bottle so i'll be doing a bit more reaserch for sure!!! Im going BPU+ soon so i'd like to know how well LPG runs with around 400bhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 .....so forget any warranty, they just wont honour it. PM for maker as I don't want to get sued. AEM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 With Rising fuel prices, why the hell not have an LPG supra? You dont have to use it all the time, just makes those long journeys a little more fuel friendly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike_s14 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I know of someone who runs a fairly big power 200SX S14 and there is not much difference in performance using LPG. Thats may be me youre thinking about, in any case I've run lpg on my s14a for towards 7 years and has paid for its self many times over. Its still using the old venturi system but shall probably go injection if I decide to fit an uprated engine Car is running 350 bhp 330 lbs/ft on petrol and slightly down on those figures on lpg Road driving I actually prefer lpg as the power is slightly softer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnyB Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I really want to get my standard tt converted when I have some spare cash. I hadn't realised that the LPG system is bolted on in addition to the usual petrol system. So you can still hack it around when you want to and save the world in the rest of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest munchie Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Perhaps we should get a bunch of us to get it done one go at a discount price with one installer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm waiting for it to be reliable enough with higher power and I am going to get my singled up aristo done. Mainly for the long hauls I do from Holland to UK. In the supra its the tank that would put me off as there just isn't the room in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm waiting for it to be reliable enough with higher power and I am going to get my singled up aristo done. Mainly for the long hauls I do from Holland to UK. In the supra its the tank that would put me off as there just isn't the room in the car. How big a tank are we talking? I have no idea how big they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albundy68 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 you used to be able to get a government grant towards the conversion. and they used to do a production astra on lpg which a lot of busines's used (low tax), but its discontinued, theyre all going hybrid nowerdays. i cant help thinking that if LPG takes on, price/tax hikes will follow, and if it doesnt, itll become harder to get hold of at petrol stations. filling up at home could work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 To be useable it needs to be as big as your petrol tank. Even 60 litres is gonna use up pretty much all of the spare wheel well and most of the pittance of a boot you have. You might be able to find a two or three mini tank system and stash them in some of the corners in the boot area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm waiting for it to be reliable enough with higher power and I am going to get my singled up aristo done. Mainly for the long hauls I do from Holland to UK. In the supra its the tank that would put me off as there just isn't the room in the car. Here's mine Brian!! I am looking to get a big NOS sticker for it..... http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5372/pict0909rz5.jpg H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest munchie Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 thats mint, how many litres is it and how far can you go on that sized tank? I wouldnt mind loosing my spare wheel, its not like im ever gonna fit a tiny space saver on my car anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 When I get my next supra, im going to seriously look into getting this done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Er you really are not going to get very far on that tank at all. Lets put it this way the one in my rangey is a 90 litre one and I will be lucky to see 300 miles on that at about 20 mpg petrol usage. That tank looks like it may only be 30 litres. Fine for town driving not much cop for the longer distance stuff. A tyre well tank with that one may help as welll lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 This looks viable: http://www.dualfuelsystems.co.uk/pages/tanks.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Yeah thats a tank for a car with something larger than a space saver Only a problem if you expect it to fit in the same space as a spacesaver. For a useable tank thing the same size a 4X4 wheel and tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest munchie Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Delivered to a customer of mine today, he has LPG on his chevy, he reckons about £800 for a full sequential kit for the supra. Ive dont a nitrous install before, how hard can it be to fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 The problem will be you need it certifying just like gas in your home. You will pay a good wedge of cash for an inspector to examine and certify your motor. That said you can do the hard part by plumbing in the injectors, ECU and associatted pipework and leave the gas connection to the experts like I have on my range rover. Or Ideally offer someone an ecu loom swap and inlet manifold swap for someone with LPG that doesn't use it on their supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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