Gaz Walker Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Yeah - really! Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxygene Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I have pondered an LPG conversion on my car, to possibly combat my rather high fuel bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 And you've worked out how long it would take for the savings on fuel to cover the conversion costs, yes...? -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 That's like buying a huge cake and throwing everything apart from one cherry away - if you want fuel economy buy something else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I cant understand why each and every time someone posts questions about LPG all they get are negative responses. Surely if you can have your cake and eat it too its got to be a good thing. Maybe it wouldnt work with the Supra, but its worth the question, surely. If I could drive my Supra on fuel that costs, what is it 35p ish, then I would be freakin well happy. If I cant then so be it. Matt Thats my rant done and I feel better for it:innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by Manic I cant understand why each and every time someone posts questions about LPG all they get are negative responses. Surely if you can have your cake and eat it too its got to be a good thing. Maybe it wouldnt work with the Supra, but its worth the question, surely. If I could drive my Supra on fuel that costs, what is it 35p ish, then I would be freakin well happy. If I cant then so be it. Matt Thats my rant done and I feel better for it:innocent: But isn't the Supra a performance car???? Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 And your point being??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I'm sure that it's a small % of people that can and do drive flat out everywhere, in which case, when you're not you may as well save money surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Buy a small car for daily use, must be the same price as fitting LPG. Is the LPG conversion safe on a Supra, someone technical may know... Why anyone would like to put this on a Supra is amazing....you'd never see the Scooby or Skyline lot doing this..... Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 My post is really saying, IF you could drive your performance car with no detriment to that experience(or the long term health of your car) and it cost you the measly sum of 35p ish then wouldn't you do it, or would you rather pay 90 odd pence per litre and put your hard earned money into the governments pocket. I know what i would do IF it was viable. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by Paul Laing Why anyone would like to put this on a Supra is amazing....you'd never see the Scooby or Skyline lot doing this..... Who cares what they do or dont do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Doesn't matter, each to there own eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by Paul Laing Doesn't matter, each to there own eh? For the record, yes I have an old shite Golf that I am running to an from work while me soop is locked up nice 'n' warm in the garage for the winter:D Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 It's probably OK on an NA, but on a turbo car? Most turbo car's have enough problems with octane on pump fuel let alone LPG!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxygene Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by Supragal I'm sure that it's a small % of people that can and do drive flat out everywhere, in which case, when you're not you may as well save money surely? The reason I have thogut about it, is that exact reason. I bought my car with 76,000 miles on it. In just under 3 years I have put 83,000+ on it. A rough calculation on fuel I have put in him is £14,343. Petrol 92p (average) per litre Miles per tank = 320 (average) If I was using LPG, using the same formulae and fillup amount etc as above, it would be as follows: LPG = 35p (average) per litre Fillup = 60 (average) litres The money burned from my wallet would be: £5446 So the comparison is 1/3 the amount. For normal driving you use LPG and if you wanna blow people away you switch over to the petrol. I don't know about you guys, but I don't always use the speed...? The conversion charge is what £2,000..? well if you add the cost of that to the sum above, its still less than the gross cost of the fuel. Sorry end of rant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Still seems like a fairly good value car, whether you ever put LPG in it ever again:) Can't lose really if its already installed........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 OK, assuming: 90p/l for Optimax 35p/l for LPG Mileage of 4.5mpl on both fuels Cost of £1500 to fit Then it would take you just over 12,000 miles to recoup an outlay of £1500 to get gas fitted. For some people that may be less than 6 months so actually it's more viable than I thought. Assuming nothing goes wrong with it and you can get gas and you don't mind the lower range and drop in power Matt has a good point about the octane rating though, on an NA it should be OK, a TT might well tear itself apart, especially if non-stock in any way. I wouldn't like to try and stuff a can of octane booster into the gas tank -Ian PS I did this while you were doing your post Oxy, seems like the figures are similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 for the power the Turbo has amazing fuel efficency really. Although it does annoy me when you think TT have roughly 100BHP more and my NA does just 2-4 mpg on average better, rather have the power!!lol A TT car id be more skeptical bout doing it. On a NA i cant see no loss to it. No turbo charge to worry bout and like Oxy says switch to petrol when you want more power. Does LPG actually improve your mpg or is just cheaper as too the benefit. ohh and also in a car like a supra you'd make your money back much quicker due to low mpg in first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by Paul Laing Why anyone would like to put this on a Supra is amazing....you'd never see the Scooby or Skyline lot doing this..... Paul D'ya think? http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/search.php?searchid=249348 http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/search.php?searchid=185187 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 You get lower MPG with LPG - bear this in mind when doing your sums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by whitesupraboy2 Does LPG actually improve your mpg or is just cheaper as too the benefit. No, it's actually slightly worse MPG with gas, but obviously the fuel is far cheaper... Until the government decide to put tax on it... Which probably won't be long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by whitesupraboy2 Does LPG actually improve your mpg or is just cheaper as too the benefit. LPG gives lower miles per gallon but the gas is cheaper so it still costs a lot less than petrol. The other thing you have to watch out for is the lovely government sticking a 3 year escalator on LPG tax to bring it 'in line' with other fuels - I fear they have such plans afoot. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Goddammit stop usurping all my posts while I'm still writing them -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxygene Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by Ian C LPG gives lower miles per gallon but the gas is cheaper so it still costs a lot less than petrol. The other thing you have to watch out for is the lovely government sticking a 3 year escalator on LPG tax to bring it 'in line' with other fuels - I fear they have such plans afoot. -Ian Fair nuff, has anyone got an idea how much lower it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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