gas conversion

[shaw66]

I recently bought a 1997 Landrover Discovery SE V8 and I was wondering if anybody out there has converted to gas/petrol and if so where did you put the tank

[skidmark77]

I recently bought a 1997 Landrover Discovery SE V8 and I was wondering if anybody out there has converted to gas/petrol and if so where did you put the tank

I put the tank in the rear floor. its a manifold tank.
the reason for this was range. if i put it under the car id have to fit a sill tank of about 28l for petrol.
doing the sums.....
28l would get about 140ish kms
60 l gas under car tank would get 240/250 kms
so around 380 km all up

where as
normal 88 l tank bout 450km
55l manifold tank bout 230/240km
so all up 690ish km
would be a bit better for long trips etc, and was cheaper to fit too
Andrew

[p38arover]

A manifold tank takes up too much room. Get a vertical toroidal. See http://www.australianlpgwarehouse.com.au/icom.htm

See also this thread: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=29952

[RonMcGr]

A manifold tank takes up too much room. Get a vertical toroidal. See http://www.australianlpgwarehouse.com.au/icom.htm

See also this thread: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=29952

Interesting links.
I too have thought about a conversion.
I have been looking at an idea of fitting two long range fuel tanks under the sills and replacing the existing fuel tank with an LPG one. The Disco's don't have a lot of cargo space, so I'm wondering if that idea would work.

Ron

[Utemad]

I just had a scuba tank on the rear floor install done in my 94 Disco. I'll put some pics up when I get home.

My main reason was range too (balanced with cost). Sure you can get decent range with the underfloor system but it costs big dollars. When you add the cost of the two sill tanks on top of the $4500 (-$2000 rebate) install. This is based on it being fitted to a ~$6-7000 car.

I have pics from the weekend showing my fridge strapped down to the tanks with some foam in between as I haven't made my new storage cover yet

[Cap]

One thing that I was told about fitting tanks in that were not legal was issues with insurance. This is why im just forking out the dollars to make sure that its all legit and registered as an LPG vehicle. Last thing I want happen to me is that I hit someone, or someone hits me (their fault) and insurance wont cover me or the other drivers damages.

[loanrangie]

Interesting links.
I too have thought about a conversion.
I have been looking at an idea of fitting two long range fuel tanks under the sills and replacing the existing fuel tank with an LPG one. The Disco's don't have a lot of cargo space, so I'm wondering if that idea would work.

Ron

This is the best option giving both range and space, you get 70ltrs useable with twin tanks in place of the fuel tank ( approx. 350-400 k's) and fit 2 sill tanks giving you back the 80 + ltrs of petrol. I had this setup in 2 rangies and it worked well.

[RonMcGr]

This is the best option giving both range and space, you get 70ltrs useable with twin tanks in place of the fuel tank ( approx. 350-400 k's) and fit 2 sill tanks giving you back the 80 + ltrs of petrol. I had this setup in 2 rangies and it worked well.

Terrific!
I was wondering if anyone had done that

Cheers,
Ron

[loanrangie]

Terrific!
I was wondering if anyone had done that

Cheers,
Ron

Its more expensive this way but at least you keep your full boot space and have larger lpg/ fuel capacity.

[PAT303]

I have two sill gas tanks and the original petrol tank.$4600 all up with $2000 back. Pat