lpg conversion for v8
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V8_Disco
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Just buy one already converted, or if you have a petrol one, sell it/trade it in and get one already converted, as V8 disco says - complete waste to do it yourself unless you do mega miles.
If your going to do pay+play you might want to consider getting one with an in car tank (boot normally) or one with a petrol tank in the wing and the gas tank where the petrol tank should be. If you only do roads/greenlanes one with underslung should be fine.
If your going to do pay+play you might want to consider getting one with an in car tank (boot normally) or one with a petrol tank in the wing and the gas tank where the petrol tank should be. If you only do roads/greenlanes one with underslung should be fine.
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The economics of having a car converted really depends on the condition of the car in the first place, and your intended length of ownership.
If you've found a nice car and intend to keep it for (say) 5 years, then spending a couple of thousand on gas is quite practicable, especially if you cover sufficient annual mileage to recover the costs involved.
You will get some of the money back on resale anyway, so you're not looking at recovering all of the outlay.
Don't forget that at 12-16mpg on petrol, you wouldn't be driving the V8 in the first place, it's only the half price of LPG fuel that makes it practical for most owners.
Shop around for a conversion, I think you could get a multipoint system for just under £2k these days, possibly less as the installers aren't exactly busy right now.
Peter
If you've found a nice car and intend to keep it for (say) 5 years, then spending a couple of thousand on gas is quite practicable, especially if you cover sufficient annual mileage to recover the costs involved.
You will get some of the money back on resale anyway, so you're not looking at recovering all of the outlay.
Don't forget that at 12-16mpg on petrol, you wouldn't be driving the V8 in the first place, it's only the half price of LPG fuel that makes it practical for most owners.
Shop around for a conversion, I think you could get a multipoint system for just under £2k these days, possibly less as the installers aren't exactly busy right now.
Peter
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Much less than £2k for a multipoint now, also there are "Rolls Royce" versions and "lada" versions of multipoint sequential systems. If Yr car is only worth a couple of grand and yr mileage is high its worth investing in a budget version.
Graham
