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Subject:Re: re. vanagon propane conversion
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:46:23 -0800

What about propane on a suburu 2.2L? Has anyone done this... Doesn't propane
benefit from higher compression... not sure what the subie is in this
respect.

>
>You should not need to start the engine on gasoline and then switch to
>propane.  If you need to do this, something's wrong with your installation.
>It could be that the vapor hose is very long and there is no priming
>circuit.  Or a leak.  I've actually never bothered to hook up a primer as
>it
>has not been needed.  All my conversions started fine on propane.
>There are a lot of conversions which are propane only, not dual fuel, so it
>is not possible to start on gasoline.
>
>At the moment, propane is $0.44 per liter in Calgary, gasoline is $0.80 per
>liter.  Last year I was paying $0.16 per liter for propane at one point.
>The vast majority of the time, the spread in price between propane and
>gasoline favors running on propane.  Sometimes by a considerable margin.
>
>Vanagon propane conversion
>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/propane/propane.htm
>BMW propane conversion
>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/bmw/bmw.htm
>
>Gary  Lee
>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm

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