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<blockquote data-quote="Naughty_Finger" data-source="post: 356349" data-attributes="member: 8026"><p>As far as fuel economy.. propane burns MORE than gas.. not quite the gas mileage. Fleet vehicles convert over to propane because it's cheaper than gas. I was paying $2.20 a gallon through my local propane distributor. If I bought my propane through a gas station that had a propane tank fill up then it was actually MORE expensive than gas. It was like $4.00 a gallon. Those places are more expensive because they get the propane marked up because of the equipment rental and the delivery charge then they have to mark it up even more to make a profit. $26 to fill a grill tank. So yes propane CAN be cheaper but do you have a propane distributor near you? More importantly can you work out a deal with them? It took me a few fill ups before they gave me a good price.</p><p></p><p>As far as price goes. I noticed someone mentioned a turbo propane motor. You can run propane with turbos but don't the price of the turbo setup kinda contradict the whole keep it cheap thing. Turbos aint cheap. </p><p></p><p>Fuel injection with propane is 100% possible. I don't know if you need special injectors but I do know that carburation & turbos here in Minnesota specializes in converting fuel injected late model vehicles to run propane. They do a lot of fleet truck work. I watched them do an install once.. it was pretty cool. </p><p></p><p>Last but not least two years ago Memorial Weekend was rainy as hell. I had issues with my propane. I was working that weekend because the club I belong to puts on a big bash for people. I had to have a LOT of propane vehicles towed out because they were getting moisture in the form of condensation in their distributors and propane motors need a strong spark. </p><p></p><p>There are so many options on there on propane... I ran it, I know people that ran it.. </p><p></p><p>Here is a picture of the big girl with her two 43 lb tanks on her back. She was one THIRSTY B*t^%</p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1521739_10202049634356747_539126075_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Naughty_Finger, post: 356349, member: 8026"] As far as fuel economy.. propane burns MORE than gas.. not quite the gas mileage. Fleet vehicles convert over to propane because it's cheaper than gas. I was paying $2.20 a gallon through my local propane distributor. If I bought my propane through a gas station that had a propane tank fill up then it was actually MORE expensive than gas. It was like $4.00 a gallon. Those places are more expensive because they get the propane marked up because of the equipment rental and the delivery charge then they have to mark it up even more to make a profit. $26 to fill a grill tank. So yes propane CAN be cheaper but do you have a propane distributor near you? More importantly can you work out a deal with them? It took me a few fill ups before they gave me a good price. As far as price goes. I noticed someone mentioned a turbo propane motor. You can run propane with turbos but don't the price of the turbo setup kinda contradict the whole keep it cheap thing. Turbos aint cheap. Fuel injection with propane is 100% possible. I don't know if you need special injectors but I do know that carburation & turbos here in Minnesota specializes in converting fuel injected late model vehicles to run propane. They do a lot of fleet truck work. I watched them do an install once.. it was pretty cool. Last but not least two years ago Memorial Weekend was rainy as hell. I had issues with my propane. I was working that weekend because the club I belong to puts on a big bash for people. I had to have a LOT of propane vehicles towed out because they were getting moisture in the form of condensation in their distributors and propane motors need a strong spark. There are so many options on there on propane... I ran it, I know people that ran it.. Here is a picture of the big girl with her two 43 lb tanks on her back. She was one THIRSTY B*t^% [IMG]https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1521739_10202049634356747_539126075_n.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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