LPG fitted to '96 V8i

[Romulus]

Last week I finally had my LPG fitted to my V8i Disco.
I opted for the 'SCUBA' tank (x3 bottles) in the rear cargo area and non injection.
Over the weekend I fabricated a false floor, it all looks pretty shmick now. :)
So far it all seems to work just fine, gotta take it back after 2000KM for a service and check.
Nice to be able to fill up for under $40!!!!!

[big guy]

Well done.
remember though, $40 will only get you 250k's max.
enjoy, I love mine too

[Romulus]

yeah....be interesting to see what I'll actually get...I'll run it 'dry' and see what I get, so far I've done suburban 140km and its 'hovering' bewteen 1/2 and 2/3, so I reckon be between 250-300KM, be interesting what I'll get on a country run, heading up to the Goulburn near Alexandra for fly fishing weekend after next.

[dirtdawg]

so you have about 60ltrs all up, i get about 180ks from that around town and costs me about $30 to fill

[Romulus]

so you have about 60ltrs all up, i get about 180ks from that around town and costs me about $30 to fill

installer reckons 65L usable, at this rate I should see at least 250KM if not a tad more

[big guy]

Hmm
65 usable. Bit unusual. I have same setup and can just squeeze in 60 if at total level ground.
Best of luck though.
The gauges are a bit tricky and you may find the last bit drops suddenly.

Still, you now have a good range at least with petrol as well.
Good choice. Make sure timing is set at 10degree btdc. Special gas leads and bosch plugs to stop miss fire etc.

[dirtdawg]

and being a lot cheaper to fill it gets driven with much less regard to economy i get about 100 to 110 out of the first half of a tank then about 70 to 80 from the rest and i drive it till its dry every time then go to petrol

[dirtdawg]

gas leads and bosh plugs i havent been told of that one b4 what do you run on yours big guy i use ngk plugs and standerd leads

[Romulus]

Hmm
65 usable. Bit unusual. I have same setup and can just squeeze in 60 if at total level ground.
Best of luck though.
The gauges are a bit tricky and you may find the last bit drops suddenly.

Still, you now have a good range at least with petrol as well.
Good choice. Make sure timing is set at 10degree btdc. Special gas leads and bosch plugs to stop miss fire etc.

the usable capacity was quoted by the installer....I'll do some calculations over the next few 'fill ups' and work out what I can use out of a full tank

[Romulus]

I am running low resistance high performance custom made leads from Performance Ignition Services in Blackburn, NGK plugs, cannot remember the model right now, high performance 'sports' coil, new dizzy cap and rotor.
Made a huge diff on petrol and is working well with LPG, I have not had the engine idle as smooth as it currently does on gas!

[Romulus]

Hmm
65 usable. Bit unusual. I have same setup and can just squeeze in 60 if at total level ground.
Best of luck though.
The gauges are a bit tricky and you may find the last bit drops suddenly.

Still, you now have a good range at least with petrol as well.
Good choice. Make sure timing is set at 10degree btdc. Special gas leads and bosch plugs to stop miss fire etc.

yeah, petrol is 110l tank plus gas, should get me some distance on country runs.....

[dirtdawg]

I am running low resistance high performance custom made leads from Performance Ignition Services in Blackburn, NGK plugs, cannot remember the model right now, high performance 'sports' coil, new dizzy cap and rotor.
Made a huge diff on petrol and is working well with LPG, I have not had the engine idle as smooth as it currently does on gas!

how much did that set you back? and who did the lpg install for you

[Romulus]

Hmm
65 usable. Bit unusual. I have same setup and can just squeeze in 60 if at total level ground.
Best of luck though.
The gauges are a bit tricky and you may find the last bit drops suddenly.

Still, you now have a good range at least with petrol as well.
Good choice. Make sure timing is set at 10degree btdc. Special gas leads and bosch plugs to stop miss fire etc.


how much did that set you back? and who did the lpg install for you

the leads cost me $140, dizzy cap, rotor & coil I got from the UK, I think that was about $80 all up.
Smithy's in Bayswater did the LPG.
I also did fit new set of recon matched injectors out of the USA as well as a new fuel pump ex UK, all of which too contributed to running excellent on petrol.

[Utemad]

I've got the scuba tanks in the back and the most I have ever fitted was 60L and that was this morning. Over the last 12 months it generally takes between 50-55L when empty. Usually closer to 50 unless it is cooler weather.
Around town I'll get between 210 and 250kms depending on the traffic.

[Romulus]

well ended up getting 265km out of my first tank load around the 'burbs, pretty happy with that.
Did not run it dry, but red LED was on, was close enough to empty.

[Utemad]

That's pretty good. How acccurate is your odometer?
The figures I gave were corrected ones as my odo is 5% over the reality.

Is your system open or closed loop?

[Romulus]

That's pretty good. How acccurate is your odometer?
The figures I gave were corrected ones as my odo is 5% over the reality.

Is your system open or closed loop?

odo is pretty spot on, checked it against my GPS some time ago.
What is 'open/closed' loop?, its a non injection, IMPCO system.

[Utemad]

Closed loop uses an oxygen sensor to control the power valve via a small ecu so as to change the richness of the mixture as you drive.

Open loop has effeectively a manual tap which you can adjust but not continously as you drive like closed loop.

Closed loop should be more efficient. Mine is open loop however it also took me 55mins to drive 16kms this morning which doesn't help. Although I took my wife's car this morning so my Disco didn't use any fuel :D

[Romulus]

Closed loop uses an oxygen sensor to control the power valve via a small ecu so as to change the richness of the mixture as you drive.

Open loop has effeectively a manual tap which you can adjust but not continously as you drive like closed loop.

Closed loop should be more efficient. Mine is open loop however it also took me 55mins to drive 16kms this morning which doesn't help. Although I took my wife's car this morning so my Disco didn't use any fuel :D


by the looks of it mine is open loop

[SPROVER]

the leads cost me $140, dizzy cap, rotor & coil I got from the UK, I think that was about $80 all up.
Smithy's in Bayswater did the LPG.
I also did fit new set of recon matched injectors out of the USA as well as a new fuel pump ex UK, all of which too contributed to running excellent on petrol.


Good old Smithy's.Had mine done there as well.;) Nothing but trouble i had from them.Price was good but for the amount of problems i had i wouldnt go there again.:mad::mad:.I got the scuba tanks as well.They should be 60 litres useable.But the most i can get in mine is 50.Just one of the probs.:p

[Romulus]

Good old Smithy's.Had mine done there as well.;) Nothing but trouble i had from them.Price was good but for the amount of problems i had i wouldnt go there again.:mad::mad:.I got the scuba tanks as well.They should be 60 litres useable.But the most i can get in mine is 50.Just one of the probs.:p

what kind of problems have you had with them and the LPG?

[SPROVER]

what kind of problems have you had with them and the LPG?

I dont want to put anyone off from going to them but i will just outline some of the problems i had.
1.. I rang them the day before the install to make sure everything was alright.And then they told me they were snowed under and it would be another 2 weeks before it would happen.Without even calling me.

2.. The owner of the place said i could have one of the cars there for a day to drive around while it was getting done to compensate for the change of date.Rang the day before to check again and they had forgotten to write it down and lent it out to some other customer.Boy was i fuming at this stage.:mad: Had to hire a car for 2 days.

3.. On the day it was to be finished i rang yet again to see what time to pick it up.4 pm i was told.Got there at 4 and they said it would be 15 min more.Didnt get out till eventually 5.30.Fuming yet again and sitting in the office for more then 1 and a half hours i finally got the car and by the end of the street the Disco stalled.It wouldnt idle! So i went back the next day and told them to fix it straight away.

4.. I got all sorts of reasons from leads to dizzy,rotor,plugs and anything else he could come up with.So i replaced all of those and it would still cut out every now and then.Also my cd stacker which was bolted in the rear was just unbolted for the install and left to slide around in the back.

5.. You cant adjust the mixtures anymore because the mixer is stuffed.I can only fill my tank up to 50 litres.And thats running them to empty.Apparently they need to bend a rod or something in the tank so it can fill more.And i have to run the tank to empty before they can do it.And then book it in.;);)

These are the problems i had with them but other people may have had none at all.So just make sure if your getting it done go to someone who you know will do the job right the first time.Now that i finally got that all out of my system i think its time for a drink.:D:D

[Romulus]

OK, maybe a bad luck run.
When I booked mine in they said it would be 3-4 months before they can do because a/ busy and b/ parts on backorder, I was in no hurry anyway plus I was o/s for 6 weeks during that time.
It did turn out to be 4 months.
I arranged a courtesy car which was there for me.
They said it would take 2 days and it did, I did have to wait an extra 1hr but I did not mind.
Job quality looks Ok to me, so far no problems really, mind you, only on 2nd tank full.

[big guy]

SPROVER

seeing you only get 50l in, get a LPG fitter to pull out sender unit and recalibrate.
being scuba tanks, they sometimes get knocked on install and need adjusting for them to fill to 60L.