Alternative Fuels

Steptoe wrote:Our local tank surveyors pump the LPG out and recycle....free of charge
have a word with your guys

Good call, I'll see if I can track someone down that will do it.

G'day,
I've removed the engine and driveline from my car, I've still got a tank that's 3/4 full of fuel. I can remove the tank, but how do I remove the fuel if I was to sell the tank?

Fair dinkum, you can't fill your own tank? Here the majority of service stations have LPG bowsers alongside petrol and diesel. Rock up, fill your tank, pay the price, drive away.

I've got a vaporiser and 4 x injectors in the shed that I'm not going to use, postage shouldn't be too expensive if you're interested. I can hunt them up and find the specs if you want, I bought them new for a supercharger/megasquirt project that isn't going to happen.

G'day Chris, Not exactly what you're after, but there's some information in this thread that may point you in the right direction. http://fuelsforum.rasoenterprises.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1300 From what I've read on here, LPG likes more static advance, but less total advance, with the total coming ...

I don't get why electric cars cannot be self charging. Basic physics doesn't allow it, otherwise we'd have perpetual motion machines. It takes more power to turn a generator than it puts out, at best solar panels are about 20% efficient, wind turbines create drag, heat, noise, drag, friction are al...

A fellow in Australia in the 80's developed his own system for engine cooling involving a complete set-up first to achieve his result and that consisted of at least the thermostat relocated to radiator bottom hose as close to the pump as practical, a bypass hose between top and bottom radiator hose...

When cold my 2 litre idles around 550, it would probably idle lower but the clutch rattle is annoying. When it's hot it idles around 950.

The one I've got seems to be smaller than the vapouriser for the gas carb I'm using. Valtek sell injector rails plus a sensor for vapour temperature. I've exchanged a couple of emails with Dan from cletusracing, he had a setup on his ford, LPG only, using the valtek injectors and megasquirt. He said...

kuchen wrote:Nice setup. A Fiat in OZ ? I've not seen a single one the two times I was down under.

You need to come over for this then!
http://www.fiatnationals.com/
There aren't many in OZ, the 124 coupe being the most popular. I've probably got the only Fiat on LPG.

A techedge wideband controller is $160, another $95 for a Bosch wideband sensor.

http://wbo2.com/2j/2j9.htm

I've just purchased their DIY wideband kit with display and logging.

It's a 30 year old Fiat, no injection, no petrol. I needed a converter that I could use with my Blos mixer, I also wanted one that could be boost referenced for a supercharger. The car has been running on LPG for 5 years, the GRA mixer is bigger than I currently require, I may go back to it when I g...

There are commercial products available, we use this stuff at work.

http://www.swagelok.com/search/find_pro ... 8a2aae5811

But for all intents and purposes, dishwashing liquid does exactly what's required.

I actually had a look at the solenoid on the converter, it's got 17W written on it, so less than 1.5A. The wiring diagram for the converter has the solenoid wired in parallel with the fuel line lockoff, so it's not used separately as a primer.

How much current do the lockoff solenoids draw? I've got one on the tank and one before the converter, the new converter I've got also has one for the vapour outlet to the mixer. With 3 in parallel I'm wondering if the circuit will handle it or if uprating the fuse will be required.