(Diesel) Propane injection!!

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Aceteline. Thats the ticket :)


>From: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>
>To: Dave Ewing <rabbit16v@attbi.com>, Scirocco List 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: (Diesel) Propane injection!!
>Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 22:03:03 -0400
>
>if he injects it far enough from the engine, it will turn to gas 
>'en-route', as
>it chills the heck out of the intake charge (more density = more air to 
>combust
>= good thing). i dont think the propane itself is adding the HP (propane
>actually produces less power than pump gas), its the cooling/air density
>increase thats would be doing it.
>Al
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@attbi.com>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 9:40 PM
>Subject: (Diesel) Propane injection!!
>
>
> > Hey all!!
> >
> > I just wanted to probe some of the brilliant minds out there on this
> > subject.  A co-clubber on Hot Rabbits on Yahoo is trying to come up with 
>a
> > way to do a backyard type of propane injection on his turbo diesel.  The
> > rumor is that it is suppose to be more efficient (better than 50mpg???) 
>and
> > basically double the HP.  Plus, you can run propane 100% of the time, 
>not
> > just on and off when you need a little boost (diesels need boost 100% of 
>the
> > time!!).  Anyway, he has come up with quite a few parts and is about 
>ready
> > to finish the project except he needs some way to convert the liquid 
>propane
> > into a gas.  I am not exactly sure how this works or what would need to 
>be
> > done but it is apparent (I think) that you cannot inject liquid propane 
>into
> > a diesel motor.
> >
> > Along the same lines, couldn't someone that is converting LPG to gas use 
>it
> > as an AC type system?  Since turning LPG to gas decreases the 
>temperature
> > and can cause pipe freeze, couldn't you run it through an evaporator and 
>use
> > it as a coolant for an A/C system?  Then you have an A/C system that
> > INCREASES power!!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
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