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Need Conversion plans from gas to Propane

Ivan Velez

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I'd like to get some feddback of conversion of explorers from gas to propane
mileage, ride, things to be on the lookout for

Also tested Conversion plans and guides from gas to Propane

Thank You
IVN
 



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There are some very good kits out there. In fact, there's a good off road company here in Tempe that sells them. But I don't know of any that are emissions compliant. Next, since you can't use fuel injection, what would you do with the PCM? You need that to operate much of the vehicle. How can it do that with no fuel injectors or sensors that will either be missing or inop? I'm sure that's why I've never seen an aftermarket propane conversion on a late model.

Next, if you do get it to work, the mileage is not as good. The amount of btu's per gallon in propane is quite low compared to gasoline. (appx 91,500 vs 113,000 depending on blend, temp, etc) Therefore, you need so much of it. However, it's generally much cheaper to buy. Now, the real beauty of propane is it's octane rating. It's in the 104 to 105 area. What this means is you can build a dedicated propane engine. I built a guy a 460 at 12.5:1 for his pick up on propane. That gave him back the power and a lot of the mileage you normally lose with this conversion.
 






I remember someone on here talking about it before and they had it already installed on their explorer, it was someone from Europe but i can't remeber who was talking about it.
When they were talking about it they said they had the tank mounted in the back.
 












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