I already have a motobike !!!! lol !

It's just the cost, when i know i can save with LPG and the goverment don't get as much money !

 

Don't waste time and money on this rubbish cos when more tree huggers convert to it price will go up just like what they did with diesel. Diesel costs more than petrol now. Nothing worse at the pumps than some smug git putting LPG in his Range Rover. If your that worried about price and MPG why buy a Range Rover?

 

superstar has a point if we all jumped to lpg the tax will make it £1 a litre within months. Stick to your bike m8 dont ruin yer scoob! you give 2 fingers to dear ol gordon when you fill yer bike up

 

Just seen my subscription to this thread and decided to update it.

I have been running on LPG for over 2 months now with no problems.



Spent £200 less on fuel than I would normally do.

Wayne.

 

Your website is very interesting reading Can the kit you used work along side aftermarket ECUs? (I have an apexi power fc fitted to take care of the mapping for a 2.5 engine)

 

I had a 7.5 litre chevrolet running lpg or petrol. Lpg sounded better, smelt nicer and it saved me having to fetch gas bottles for the winnebago. It was doing 15 to the gallon on petrol and 14.5 to the gallon on LPG. I'm still looking for a decent conversion for my 03 wrx wagon but to date haven't found one that I consider suitable for the scoob.

 

The petrol ECU makes no difference at all. You can have any you like as the gas ecu simply mirrors it.

Have a look at my "view my scooby"

Wayne.

 

Just about all sequential systems when installed correctly will work fine.

Wich ones have you looked at so far?

Speak to these guys if you dont fancy the DIY fit.

LPG IMPREZA WRX STi

Wayne.

 

A friend of mine has had his MY04 wrx wagon done - very neat conversion - fits in the spare wheel well and it's impossible to tell whether it's running on gas or V power.

He does quite high mileages plus comes into London a lot during the day so it makes real sense for him

 

Hi mate,

I have had a quote for £1250 from here: Quality Autogas LPG conversions in Plymouth, Devon, Cornwall and South-West of England for OMEGAS multipoint sequential injection fitted they need the car for 48hrs. It seems like a great deal. Thats with a 53 litre tank that fits where the spare tyre should go.

I particularly like your idea with the number plate on hinges to fill the tank. But I am new to this & a little worried what would happen in a rear end shunt, are there additional "fail safes" if the filler point got damaged in an accident?

One other thing on my mind is that I upgrade bits and pieces from time to time, on my shopping list is bigger injectors & a bigger turbo. Does the LPG ECU need tweaking as well if you change injector sizes etc?

And finally, is there anything else I should ask the conversion specialist?

Many thanks,

Kris

 

To save even more money you can buy LPG pumps on Ebay for around £100 and then you can just buy 47KG propane bottles from hardware places then turn the bottle upside down attach the pump and hey presto you have Liquid propane

 

Yes, but it won't satisfy the LPGA code of practice and the insurance companies would not pay out.

Wayne.

 

In terms of fail safes, there are many.

The filler pipe is plastic and will always contain liquid LPG. In the event of a bump this will probably fracture and leak this to atmosphere. Thats not a major problem as its very little. Bear in mind though that liquid LPG will expand to 250 times its volume when turning into gas!! Its also denser than air so sinks to the lowest point and will stay there!

The filler pipe goes to a one way filler valve on the tank so no gas escapes from the tank.

The feed from the tank has an electric shut off valve as does the other end of the lpg pipe that feeds into the vaporiser. So if the pipe breaks/leaks the tank shuts off and the LPG is contained.

The gas that is already in the system is not worth worrying about as its already gas and will disperse quickly.

All you would need to do after fitting new mods is auto calibrate the LPG ecu. After that you can tweak the gas ecu to get things closer to petrol running. From my experience so far, the system seems to over fuel and needs adjustment to remove gas to obtain good running. Its this way for safety reasons.

Hope this helps,

Wayne.

 

It certainly does, cheers