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Vonsliek
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 04:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

why not for *round the world* activities?!thoughts?? ..crazy compression?! run cooler .. maybe run turbo or supercharged .. watercooled also??

having weird ideas in canada.
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Spatten1
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My job used to be propane and nautural gas vehicle conversions.

Propane has high BTU values and can make good power.

I'm not sure how a mixer (carb) would take the V-Twing pulses. Plus a dry manifold is not designed for atomization and may get lean spots and backfire. There are injection systems that you might look into modifying.

The only other thing I'd think about is the tank mounting and integrity, letting presurized fuel loose in a crash. I'm sure both are solvable issues.
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Wardog3187
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 04:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When I saw this post, this particular picture came to mind.



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Ulendo
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 04:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

there are air cooled mixers made for utility motors that might work. an impco subsidiary called 'Beam' make ones that are DOT approved, at least. ( not sure what certifications may be necessary in the USA). be aware, there are several different systems for vaporizing, and mixing propane - IMPco setups, for example, dont survive backfires very well as they have a bunch of diaphragms in them. By comparison Ohio Gas use what amounts to being a CV carb with an O ring seal - almost indestructable. 'pulses' wouldnt be an issue ( all engines pulse - worst case is 2 smaller mixers) nor is a dry manifold ( you can run a propane mixer into a new model MPFI manifold without too much trouble)

Given the results I've had with my big old C30 commercial on a dedicated proapen system, tank capacity, and range would be the big issues, IMHO. Beam model T5 mixer is rated to 55, or 60 HP, and is remote mounted from the throttle plate, metering fuel based on manifold vacuum - 2 of those would work fairly nicely. tank?????
there was a photo of a bike in ??( UK?) I foudn a while back running 5, or 6 small propane bottles, btu I cant seem to find it again: websearch, websearch, websearch.
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