Here in British Columbia, LPG is mostly used by fleets, however the practice used to be to break engines in on gasoline & then convert. That may not be the current situation. Mileage & power is off by 10-15%. I don't have a price per Litre at hand but for Barbecue fuel, the price has nearly doubled in the last 2-3 years. We had 3 light trucks at work on propane & all were trouble prone, particularly in winter. And one unit would not pass emissions tests. It required "special" tuning to pass at least twice.. Taxi companies are going to imports & hybrids, the popularity of propane is likely fading here. Many light trucks are now diesels. Gas is currently over $1.00/ liter or over $3.78/ U.S. Gal. or $4.54/ Gal.! (Imperial)

Paul

Substantionally less on both counts,depending on engine type and usage.However,the lower cost per gallon and the far less engine wear can make LPG pretty attractive in many applications.We had a neighbor that bought a new 56 Victoria with a 312 that he converted to LP.He drove that car up into the 90's.When he finally parked it the engine had never been opened up and had almost 400,000 miles on it.Many of the farm tractors in our area were LP powered back in the 40's and 50's.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

How does LPG compare to gasoline in terms of power and efficiency?


Lawrenceville, GA

We are paying (in my town) $2.55 now and rising for the summer, they like to stick it to us when vacation time comes  they tell us in CA that they are reformulating the fuel for less emissions in the summer heat. I'm not sure what LPG is going for the last time I filled my BBQ tank I just traded for a new full one, mine was a little rusty $18 for the five gallon tank. I know it's cheeper to just buy the fuel.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Pete ,

That works out to be about $3.54US per gallon .LPG is about

35 cents ( US) per litre .( Liter ) Exchange rate right now is approx $1 Aussie buys 75 US cents .

Lon

PS Tim , What's the price of gas ???

yblocksdownunder

Don't worry every thing is built with lpg in mind, hardened seats, late model valves etc.   forgot to mention before, the mixer is the 570 cfm version. A lot of the forum are probably thinking WHY lpg instead of petrol. Running costs are the main reason, at the moment   unleaded is $1.25/litre  lpg, 47 cents/litre.

Pete, one of the Aussie mob. Beechworth, Victoria60 F100 Panel Van, Y-block. 65 Galaxie Country Sedan 390

Over here I see LPG mostly on farm trucks and water pump engines, all I was saying was that it is hard on the engines not that it didn't run well.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Tim,

Don't no about taxi's in USA,but down here, they all run on LPG . Many of them seem to do a lot of miles ( or kilometers ) 300K miles is not uncommon.A mate of mine a few years ago had a 39 C%$V with a 302 Windsor in it .It ran really big compression and went real hard as well .

Lon

yblocksdownunder

That is a nice looking piece. I don't know how much experience you have running LPG but I hope you have the right parts in your heads. I work on a lot of LPG engines and they are murder on valves, seats and guides. I'm not against LPG, it's a great fuel, just make sure your motor is built for it. 

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Hi Lon, rebuild is taking longer than I had planned, usual problem, no money!!  nothing special in the engine, just the usual decking of the block, bigger valves, 4 barrel manifold etc etc. Engine is going to be straight LPG, has Crow lpg cam and will be redoing the dissy curve to suit, The technocarb mixer is sold by Torquegas in Caloundra.

how is your F100 progressing? 

Pete, one of the Aussie mob. Beechworth, Victoria60 F100 Panel Van, Y-block. 65 Galaxie Country Sedan 390