Re: [Amc-list] LPG Conversion

["Stu Fitchett" <amckiwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Many possibly most V8 Ramblers from the Rebel onwards in Australia are by
now running on LPG

The feedback I get is that the engines love it and may well run better

Of course LPG is a dry fuel so some things wear much quicker like carbie
spindles etc

There is a guy here who used to set up 4 bbl carbs so that when you had 2
barrels open only it was on LPG but that when you cracked the second two
barrels they gave you petrol as well

I have never seen this running and was sceptical but the guy is very clever
and was the Australian installer of air conditioners for AMI in the 70's so
he knows his Ramblers

Cheers
Stu 

-----Original Message-----
From: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom Jennings
Sent: Friday, 9 November 2007 6:35 PM
To: AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans.
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] LPG Conversion


> MC [matt] on this Bulltear does AMC intake manifold
> mods to accept EFi injectors.

Gasoline injectors will not work on LPG. 40psi vs. 150+ psi. Give up. I put 
injectors on variable-PSI air (for a robotic air-muscle project). They'd 
hold off 80 psi, but when you open them once, the spring won't close it. 
Injected LP requiries special injectors.


> Not 'cheap' overall - but neither is $5 00gal. gasoline.

LP carbs work great. They're totally different than gasoline carbs and 
suffer none of the problems. Two moving parts! There's the M&M XL series, 
no longer made but obtainable if you want exotic 500+ HP stuff. Ak Miller 
used those (I bought one from Ak long ago, sold it on ebay, unused, about 5 
years ago).

I've driven an LP car for 19+ years, my 63 Classic wagon, more than a dozen 
of those years as my only car. I did LOTS of long distance trips (the 
longest was 11,000 miles (San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Cape Cod Mass., 
Atlanta, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Fran). It's not for the 
faint hearted. I think I have a cluster of brain cells dedicated to 
spotting white LP dealer tanks out of the corner of my eye (I'm almost not 
kidding). No filling up after 5pm or on Sundays. Every trip requires 
forethought for fuel budget. It's like paranoia only functional :-)

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