Re: IML: Ways to Improve mileage/propane conversion

["Rob van der Es" <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Will and Tony,

I am another guy that converted an Imperial to propane :)

In my case, I converted my 60 Imperial Crown to propane about 3 weeks ago.
The car runs very well both on propane and petrol.
There is hardly any difference noticable between the two kinds of fuel,
thanks to the excellent mixer I have used (Sprintgas Australia). The
actual convertor is an OMVL R90.

I intalled my conversion kit myself (about $1200), for the reason that
gasoline in my country is also $6.00 per gallon and propane only costs
$1.70 per gallon !!

Fuel consumption on propane though is a little higher: mine runs about 9.5
mpg. On gasoline it runs 12 mpg.

I will send this winter my story about the conversion and my 60 Imperial
to the webmonsters and I will include some nice pics then :)

Good luck,

Robert


Op Ma, 9 oktober, 2006 8:26 am, schreef Lib596@xxxxxxx:
>

> In a message dated 09/10/2006 03:09:59 GMT Standard Time,
> mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> From: will  hawk <bigbadvladfan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: IML: Ways to improve  milage?
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> What about  propane?  I would like to know more about
> it as an allturnitve  fuel.  There is a place on the IMP web site where
> some on converted a  61, but it never gave any details even though it did
> talk about a disk  brake upgrade.  Is there any one how know someting about
> converting to  propane and the benifits as well as the drawbacks?   Thanks
>
>
>
> Will, I am the guy who did the propane conversion.
>
>
> It made good sense for me because I live in the UK where gasoline costs
> $6.00 a US gallon and propane is less than half that price. I also did the
>  conversion myself. So instead of paying nearly  $3000 to a professional
> fitter, I only paid about $700 for the parts. Under these circumstances
> the  conversion paid for itself pretty quickly since I use my Imp
> frequently.
>
> In the US, the price differential between propane and gasoline is far
> smaller and I would not recommend anyone who is not very comfortable with
> the process to do their own conversion. Also, unless things have changed in
> the last couple of years, I don't remember seeing many propane outlets at
> filling stations in the US.
>
> I am inclined to agree with those guys who say don't worry too much about
>  the price of gas. In the general scheme of things it will not be your
> biggest expense but be prepared for some pretty costly maintenence and
> significant "downtime" while searching and waiting for parts.
>
>
>
> Good luck,
>
>
> Tony V.
>
>




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