Thread: V8 LPG Conversion

I have a mate who put three scuba size tanks on the rear floor of his Disco. I built him a false floor that fitted above it (steel and timber) which gave him small amount of storage under the floor around the tanks but only lost about 250 cm of height. I'm not sure what the capacity of the tanks was but he says it worked well and he still had his petrol tank underneath. I'm not sure if he is on this forum. Will let you know his ID if he is.

Originally Posted by Rod Cahill

LPG CONVERSIONS
Hi, Just joined this forum with a 99 LR Discovery V8. I have no idea on how to drive this forum but would like to hear from V8 discoveries with successful LPG conversions. I would prefer to not have the tank/s in the cargo area as that will limit bums to 5, not 7. I don't want a tiny 30 litre fuel tank and would like to keep a decent range, not having to fuel up every day. I drive one hour to and from work each day. Thanks.

Aah, you want a MAGIC gas conversion! Best of luck...

The nearest I can describe is what I know of. On the D1 you can get a sill tank for the conversion to give you 45-50 litres of petrol. You can fit a second sill tank to give you another 50 litres to transfer across. I don't know what the D2 runs. The LPG goes where the petrol tank was, both the D1 and D2 use the same tank pair of about 70 litres of LPG usable capacity.

The tank commonly known as a "scuba" tank is one assembly of 3 cylinders welded together to form one tank. It holds about 60 litres of gas and is about 210mm high. It will disrupt the rear seating.

Unfortunately Rod has indicated in the original post he does not want tanks inside.

Given that I would see LPG tanks to replace the main fuel tank (60Litres?). The small fuel tank behind the drivers side rear wheel (30 - 40 litres?) and sill tanks either side (45 litres? each).

Problems would be plumbing it all to one filler and getting fuel from the tanks. If not one filler - petrol smells in the car from spilt petrol on the floor from the floor fillers.

Obvious solution is the scubas on the floor inside the rear and turn the disco back to a 5 seater.

Garry

I had two sill tanks running down the chassis on mine that gave 280-320k's between fill ups. Pat

Spoke to Brown Davis Automotive today and they make a 55 litre petrol tank to fit the rear quarter of a D2. I have seen one close up, it was well designed in a complex shape to fit in the best amount of petrol. Just wasn't aware it was that big. The same 70litre twin gas tank set-up fits in the original tank area.

Originally Posted by PAT303

I had two sill tanks running down the chassis on mine that gave 280-320k's between fill ups. Pat

are these petrol tanks your talking about?

Originally Posted by bee utey

Spoke to Brown Davis Automotive today and they make a 55 litre petrol tank to fit the rear quarter of a D2. I have seen one close up, it was well designed in a complex shape to fit in the best amount of petrol. Just wasn't aware it was that big. The same 70litre twin gas tank set-up fits in the original tank area.

Yep, mine has this setup,, 400k on gas on the highway,, 3 weeks on the pulp and then only 20ls,, sprintgas system, cant praise it enough--

Originally Posted by bee utey

Spoke to Brown Davis Automotive today and they make a 55 litre petrol tank to fit the rear quarter of a D2. I have seen one close up, it was well designed in a complex shape to fit in the best amount of petrol. Just wasn't aware it was that big. The same 70litre twin gas tank set-up fits in the original tank area.

I am interested in this sort of setup myself.
Has anyone had any success having this installed in the Melbourne area?
I don't fancy losing any rear space, but where does the petrol pump end up, if the tank is replaced with LPG?
If a 55l petrol tank can be fitted in the rear quarter, why not an lpg tank? It would save a lot of trouble.
Any details/photos/costs/refunds of their lpg setups would be great.
Cheers,
biggin