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LPG - drawing from wealth of knowledge.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:08 pm
by madeofmilo
Hey guys,
my knowledge of cars is well...limited...just wondering what parts I need to convert my '90 camry SV21 2L EFI to LPG.
I bought a Landcruiser but have decided that diesel is reliable but very expensive.
As the camry is getting 8L/100km I'm thinking of just doing her up. I.e LPG. lower, mags, nice stereo.
what parts do I need? I have converter and can get tanks cheap. What else?
Cheers Dave
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:20 pm
by Rally
As someone who worked for a Toyota dealer, DON'T!!!!!! The wear & tear on the cylinder head & the installation cost & general extra maintenance required it will take you around 4 - 5 years just to recover the costs before it starts saving you money. Cars with alloy heads do not take well to gas...... We regularly saw alloy head vehicle's require major cylinder head work at less than 100,000 km after being fitted (against advice) on new cars, so beware of the hidden costs
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:24 pm
by madeofmilo
I guess you are know what your on about. I'm still leaning towards doing it. We've have 6 gas cars in the family (including staz) and they've seemed to be alright (with upper cyclinder lube).
As for the camry head I'm not too worried. Just got a fresh motor fitted for $750 and thats about 3 weeks of petrol.
just more after a list.
i.e
tank
converter
intake
etc
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:48 am
by Alspos
From my knowledge, tank, gas line to front, converter, water fittings, intake snorkel or sleeve, solenoids to block petrol supply fuel , assorted relays, wiring, fuel gauge. Then tune or beware that the car may act strange if the O2 sensor sees weird things. Also it's probably a good idea to stop the injectors firing while running on gas. I don't know how much they would like it running dry/hot etc.
Take it somewhere to someone who has a clue.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:05 pm
by Xentro
Why not get a LPI installation (LPG, but injected)
I've got that installed on my daily driver (Lancer wagon with 4g63 N/A)
And it actually goes better on LPG then on petrol.
Probably because it has no inlet restictions and LPG has a higher octane.
Going injection also reduces the chance of a backfire blowing up your inlet manifold (not uncommon with LPG)