anyone run lpg on their V8?

deano78 · 12th April 2009, 20:50

as title really. after doing steves V8 at the weekend my hunger for one has increased ten fold but it would be used quite regularly, almost a daily driver, and was wondering what running costs are like on gas?

Dean.

Zeb · 12th April 2009, 20:52

It would give you the equivalent of approximately 38 mpg. 19mpg on LPG, paying half the price of petrol for it....

Just make sure you have enough stockists of the stuff in your vicinity....for me it is a pain in the backside!

stevemac · 12th April 2009, 20:55

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Originally Posted by deano78

as title really. after doing steves V8 at the weekend my hunger for one has increased ten fold but it would be used quite regularly, almost a daily driver, and was wondering what running costs are like on gas?

Dean.

lpg has a lower calorific value than petrol. So expect a 10 to 15% hit on mpg over petrol.

W953 BJX · 12th April 2009, 20:56

My 4.0 V8 rangie runs on LPG, same economy as on petrol, although some people say slightly less mpg, slightly less oomph out the engine, but LPG is 45p a litre here so works out half the price of petrol

deano78 · 12th April 2009, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Zeb

It would give you the equivalent of approximately 38 mpg. 19mpg on LPG, paying half the price of petrol for it....

Just make sure you have enough stockists of the stuff in your vicinity....for me it is a pain in the backside!

thanks for the extemley swift reply! there's an lpg station about a mile from me so thats not a problem. best get my sherlock holmes hat on and do some digging.

Zeb · 12th April 2009, 21:03

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Originally Posted by deano78

thanks for the extemley swift reply! there's an lpg station about a mile from me so thats not a problem. best get my sherlock holmes hat on and do some digging.

You want to have a chat with member Bernardlpg who fits them to the V6s and the V8s. Very nice chap too.

StevenWilliams · 12th April 2009, 21:12

If you have a V8 you could actually afford to go over 1000 revs if it runs on LPG.

Zeb · 12th April 2009, 21:27

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Originally Posted by StevenWilliams

If you have a V8 you could actually afford to go over 1000 revs if it runs on LPG.

Strangely enough on my V6 going more steadily I get better mpg on petrol as you'd expect. However, on LPG it seems to make no difference how I drive; Rock solid 22 mpg blasting her or trundling along....weird..

StevenWilliams · 12th April 2009, 21:31

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Originally Posted by Zeb

Strangely enough on my V6 going more steadily I get better mpg on petrol as you'd expect. However, on LPG it seems to make no difference how I drive; Rock solid 22 mpg blasting her or trundling along....weird..

My father says the same thing about his LPG Ford Galaxy. He just drives like an idiot now.

black olive · 13th April 2009, 20:57

Oh no- have I started something.

Bottle gas at coppull do gas, and Rossy from bolton over on the 260's had his LPG'ed in Bolton- his is also up for sale, but is asking silly money at the moment.

I had toyed with the idea but a good conversion is about £2500 for the V8, and I would be tempted to use it more which would put more mileage on it, and make it less special

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Zeb Banned MGZT V8 & ZTT 190+LPG Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8,089 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It would give you the equivalent of approximately 38 mpg. 19mpg on LPG, paying half the price of petrol for it.... Just make sure you have enough stockists of the stuff in your vicinity....for me it is a pain in the backside!

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W953 BJX Loves to post 1953 and 1955 series 1 landrovers, two series 3 landrovers, range rover, rover 75 saloon Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 367 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	My 4.0 V8 rangie runs on LPG, same economy as on petrol, although some people say slightly less mpg, slightly less oomph out the engine, but LPG is 45p a litre here so works out half the price of petrol