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alx954 05-10-2008 02:20 PM

LPG refills???
 
Hey nigs im gonna be running on propane soon and wanted to know if anyone knew the prices of filling a 10 gallon tank??

keelay 05-10-2008 02:24 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
depends on where you are, where you buy from. btw you want a bigger tank, trust me. i ran a 10 gal forklift tank on a turbo 2.3 ranger and was always running out, almost on a weekly basis.

last year i paid $30 to fill it at most places (i.e. farm supply place, welding supply place,) you dont want to have to go to an RV place, they gouge the ---- out of lpg there. i had no choice one time and paid $65 for a fill at a campground.

sunboost 05-10-2008 04:20 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
i think i have a 5 gallon tank for the grill. cost about 12-15 to fill up at a gas station that sells LP.

Sinner 05-10-2008 04:32 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
is it cheaper to run on propain than gas?

kain 05-10-2008 05:07 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
natural gas is cheaper.

alx954 05-10-2008 05:52 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
is natural gas the same octane???

blade8r 05-10-2008 06:14 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 

Originally Posted by alx954
is natural gas the same octane???

LPG is rated an equivalent 120 octane and has 2,500 BTU per cubic foot of gas (as it is a gas).

alx954 05-10-2008 07:07 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
sweet, cant wait for my lpg ---- to come in

BTW Keelay any more info on your setup???

keelay 05-10-2008 11:25 PM

Re: LPG refills???
 
its pretty simple, and i O0 rigged most of it on the cheap. i used some copper tubing i had laying around, some fittings, a forklift tank that i ....uhh acquired.., i got a mixer and heater off ebay. the mixer was fit for a square bore carb, and i got and adapter that adapted the square bore to the lower intake of the 2.3 (very very similar, holes were mm's off). i ran it hot air, with exhaust pipe for the charge pipe into a homemade airbox made from a big folgers can, a butchered 4bbl air cleaner and a few tubes of jb weld.
there is a vacuum/boost reference port on the mixer, just make sure you reference it or it wont run for ----.
and we were running 20ish psi on lpg on a 2.3 turbo with a n/a head, turbo cam, and pulled no timing. never pinged or had an argument until it spit the stock replacement h/g.

Sinner 05-11-2008 12:57 AM

Re: LPG refills???
 
I want pictures and specs for the above post! PLEASE!


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