Thread: Gas installed in the D2

Speaking of KLR. http://www.dieselgas.com.au/landrover.htm
Some amazing power increases and economy found here. Takes about 100,000 km to break even though.

I wouldn't use fuel savings as a reason to do the LPG fumigation on a diesel - I'd do it for the power.

Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

KLR Automotive will put in two sill LPG tanks on Discovery 1s so that the rear compartment is not affected in any way, nor is the standard petrol tank - whic is what I plan to do if I buy a D1 V8.

Ron

What size tanks are the sill ones ?

Originally Posted by walker

Yep, I agree. I looked into chipping a while back and there was not much point with the D2 V8. And as Mke said, the gas has it's own ECU anyway. Apparently it advances the ignition significantly when on gas. I was told that when running it on gas all the time, to make sure I use premium petrol in the tank. Everytime you start the car it starts on petrol before changing over to gas. Apparently it can ping a bit if you don't used premium as it takes a little while for the computer to advancement of the gas.
If I am going to be running it on petrol for a while (like outback trips) then standard unleaded is fine.


What I am not sure of is: if there are 2 ecu's (1 for petrol and 1 for gas) why cant the changes in the mapping be almost instant which would mean no pinging??

It seems that if the motor pings on petrol the LPG ECU is not adjusting the timing to suit petrol and there shouldn't be a delay because petrol fuel injection ceases immediately you switch to LPG, unlike Carburetted engines which need to run the Carby dry, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by matbor

What size tanks are the sill ones ?

About 30 litres or so each - give the same useable as the manifold (scuba) tanks in the rear.

Ron

p38arover you are right at about 30 litres which gives you about 52-54 usable litres.I will put pic's in of my settup if anyone wants them.My gauge doesn't read very accurrate but it is neat on the dash.The one good thing with them is no loss of room or back seats.Rumbles at Dungog did the fitting and I'm giving very serious thought of getting the defender done. Pat

I just looked at that link and my defender has been dynoed and only gave 350foot pounds of torque.How can there's be so high? Pat

The torque measured is the engine torque multiplied by the transmission ratios, e.g. diff, etc.

Ron