fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 21y 10m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 12/11/04 01:38 AM Share Posted 12/11/04 01:38 AM YEAH ALRIGHT, EVERYONE CAN CALM DOWN!!I understand that LPG is good stuff due to it's high octane level and cheap price, BUT due to it's use in taxis, 4x4 or some old barstool's 's it has an aura about it of being a non-enthusiast's choice of fuel...Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 12/11/04 07:41 AM Share Posted 12/11/04 07:41 AM YEAH ALRIGHT, EVERYONE CAN CALM DOWN!!I understand that LPG is good stuff due to it's high octane level and cheap price, BUT due to it's use in taxis, 4x4 or some old barstool's 's it has an aura about it of being a non-enthusiast's choice of fuel...Dave.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Everyone here seems quite relaxed - you appear to be the only one SHOUTING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 21y 10m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 12/11/04 10:45 AM Share Posted 12/11/04 10:45 AM OH I'M CALM!!! DON'T TELL ME I'M NOT CALM!!hehe just kidding...Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Location: North Brisbane Posted 13/11/04 03:51 AM Share Posted 13/11/04 03:51 AM If it costs $2500 to convert, work out the dollars per distance travelled equation to see how many kms you would have to travel before you started saving money.............a bloody lot.If you are doing it to try and curb running costs, sell the t and go and buy a new td golf or prius. Surely no-one would go into buying a t expecting fuel costs to be cheap or even taking it into account at all???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 13/11/04 08:41 AM Share Posted 13/11/04 08:41 AM If it costs $2500 to convert, work out the dollars per distance travelled equation to see how many kms you would have to travel before you started saving money.............a bloody lot.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>and also think of the resale difference between a petrol XR6T and a gas XR6T... and if no ones gonna want the latter then think of the money you will lose on a sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixfan Flaccid Member Donating Members 2,503 Member For: 21y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: NOONAMAH, go figure..... Posted 14/11/04 03:59 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 03:59 AM I wouldn't, LPG availability here is a joke (It's hard enough to get 95 octane petrol, let alone 98....)It'd be hard to get less range! I just did under 300Ks on one tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/11/04 04:04 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 04:04 AM I wouldn't, LPG availability here is a joke (It's hard enough to get 95 octane petrol, let alone 98....)It'd be hard to get less range! I just did under 300Ks on one tank.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Does it get annoying when you have to refuel after 90 minutes of driving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misguided_will Member 8 Member For: 17y 5m 19d Posted 12/06/07 06:32 AM Share Posted 12/06/07 06:32 AM I've ripped apart a couple of taxi LPG Ford I6 engines and found that the cylinders are full of crap(in the squench area) and the heads are completely stuffed from recessed valves. As someone else mentioned on this forum, he went thru 3 heads whereas with a petrol engine you would still be on the first head if serviced properly. Unless engine specifically built for LPG I think that it can end up being false economy as there are alot of cylinder head issues with it.what about flashlube to prevent it?also with vapour injection systems they start up on petrol hence the motors get some lubing up.majority of taxis run the el cheapo venturi mixer systems and wouldn't be getting any lube hence the damage. also I don't think the heads on the taxis would have been hardened and hence able to live happily with gas.with direct injection, I don't see a problem at all.in fact, I'm new to the forum and looking at the possibility of lpg'g a turbo territory.if it's a go'er, I'm looking at trading up for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 5m 8d Gender: Male Posted 12/06/07 06:36 AM Share Posted 12/06/07 06:36 AM there is a sticky here somewhere started by TURBOTAXI. he has converted his t to lpg, and the thread is a little newer than this one.http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31658heretis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/06/07 06:37 AM Share Posted 12/06/07 06:37 AM Or the most recent installment....http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.ph...c=35676&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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