Originally Posted by
taterjuice
I toyed with idea of putting my pick up but diddnt because found out unless you have a motor built for nat gas or propane the performance isnt great. Both propane and nat gas require higher compression to really get any power from it
Theres a few other things, like harder valve seats as theres no lubricant in propane.
In NZ we have LPG & petrol & CNG & diesol. During the 80's & 90's there was a lot of cars going to CNG (North island NZ) & LPG (South island NZ) from petrol.
But most of the cars that use it now are the 80's & 90's cars, or they are fitout to run on gas from brand new.
The odd small truck or housebus may convert over because of the huge short time fuel expense.
Petrol has risin 100% since 2000 & LPG gas rised at the same time/amount. Petrol here is NZ$2.20 Litre & diesol is $1.10 Litre. NZ$1 is worth US$0.82
So petrol here is worth US$1.70 litre?
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