Gas Conversion

[Guest grahamdale5]

Not a hood topic by any means, but does anyone know of a northants company that does gas conversions?

[Guest Kieran]

Practical Classics do are article on DIY LPG converting this month. Doesnt seem that tricky to build a mobile bomb....!!

 

Kieran

[Guest MikeD318]

Nice. Pressurised tank, you could put rocket assit on your hood

 

Might need to ad a parachute too

[Guest craig030774]

i did a conversion on a 1800 cvh sierra

fantastic consumption on it no power loss and it even started on it

running a focus and a 1300 escort on the stuff now

the sierra is been used as the doner

check ebay for systems

the procedure is straight forward for installing the system

[Grim]

How much does it cost to do the conversion?

[Guest craig030774]

it cost me £500 to do the sierra with a pierburg carb

when i transferred it to the 1.3i escort single point inj it cost me 40 quid for the part basically it is a gas ring that sits after the air filter and before the carb.

i would recommend gas to anyone 200 miles to a tenner on a 150,000 mile 1.8 cvh with nice clean oil from change to change

also got the wife a focus on it straight from uncle henry 1800 zetec head modified by tickford by it does fly

[Guest Petemate]

Hi Craig

Looked into the gas thingy some time ago. The DIY jobbie looks very feasible to people like us with all our skills gained from Hood-building. I think that the cost of a fitted conversion would take too long & too many miles to pay for itself, but the DIY situation seems more cost-effective. Pity there is not much room in a Hood, but then again, by carrying luggage on a rack a-la NW Hoodies principles, there could be room in the "boot" for the bottle. Mmmmm. Food for thought.

[Guest craig030774]

does not take a lot of time to get your money back just look on ebay and you can get the parts you need

1 tank

2 8mm pvc coated copper pipe

3 vaporizer

4 venturi

5 switch and level guage

6 bayonet filler

all in all you could easily do it in a day

going to seriously consider getting the 2b on it when its done (no emissions tests)

the only problem i can forsee is getting an air filter and venturi under the bonnet