[DeTomaso] While off topic - Propane

[Charles McCall]

That explains why the bottom end looked good but the top end got toasty? 

Charles McCall
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De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
nombre de Tomas Gunnarsson
Enviado el: jueves, 11 de febrero de 2010 14:00
Para: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] While off topic - Propane

Wait a minute. The propane flow has to be regulated some way. Simply
spraying it into the air cleaner through a nozzle sounds dubious to me.

Tomas

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of davidabell at att.net
Sent: den 11 februari 2010 05:48
To: Bill Lewis; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] While off topic - Propane


In another life, when my brother and I owned a custom grain harvesting
business, I converted our work truck to propane inexpensively using a bunch
of second hand equipment.  The main downside is that the propane tank is
very heavy and takes up a large chunk of the bed, plus fuel milage and power
were poor compared to gasoline.   The propane plumbing was pretty simple
though, mount the tank and run a line under the cab to the engine
compartment. The propane nozzle was attached to the top of the air filter
which turned the carb into a throttle body of sorts.  I installed a solonoid
that switched the fuel from propane to gasoline from inside the cab so going
back and forth was easy when one tank was empty.

As I mentioned, here was a noticable power (and fuel milage) drop when using
propane though so when we needed to tow something heavy we generally
switched to gasoline.  The propane was a fair amount less expensive, due in
no small part to the fact that we had our own bulk propane storage tank and
we didn't have to pay road tax on the fuel.  There were plenty of places to
refill an auto propane tank in east and south Texas as most rural homes use
it for heating.  Refills just weren't available at the typical gasoline
service station - you got to go to the propane sales store.  One other
downside is that propane is significantly heavier than air so if the tank or
line springs a leak, you can end up driving around with a pickup bed full of
loose propane just waiting for a spark to turn into bananas foster.  Don't
ask how I know this.

But, if I had a pickup with plenty of unused space in the bed, I'd
definitely consider propane.

No, actually I'd rather have a BMW850csi.



Dave Bell

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