OK how does LPG work on an air cooled VW

Any one have photos on this subject ?

ok - here is an answer i posted before

here are some links
http://web.archive.org/web/19980124000909/www.type2.com/sermons/liturgy/lpg_conversion.html
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=67525&highlight=lpg
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9169&highlight=lpg

ahhh!
this is the guy - Peppe

http://www.peppemotori.cjb.net/ (can you read Italian??)

may be email him and ask him
He was pretty friendly


peppe is the guy to talk to.
Basically it needs water to preheat the gas.

That said a year ago i saw a kombi round Blacktown with the LP Gas sticker and a filler and it sounded air cooled. never got to talk to the bloke so dont really know. It may have been a sube.

There are far better and easier ways to save money that attempting LPG on a VW... just my 2c

VWCOOL wrote:There are far better and easier ways to save money that attempting LPG on a VW... just my 2c

what other things can be done for drastic savings on fuel?

Dont drive it ?

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones....

gull wrote:Dont drive it ?

ive been doing that with my bug heaps, only spent about $10 on fuel in 12 months :P. the rest of the spending on it has made up for that though

If you are building a car from scratch it might be worthwhile. There are a few LPG kits around that will heat the converter with oil heat and I'm sure I've seen one that uses radiant heat from the engine block which could probably be adapted for use.

akean1 wrote:

VWCOOL wrote:There are far better and easier ways to save money that attempting LPG on a VW... just my 2c

what other things can be done for drastic savings on fuel?

Ummm.. don't spend $1200 and three months playing with fart gas...

Hey Gull, weren't you asking about V8 GT Falcons a week ago??!!

[ Edited on 25-10-2005 by VWCOOL ]

HotRodMatt wrote:. There are a few LPG kits around that will heat the converter with oil heat and I'm sure I've seen one that uses radiant heat from the engine block which could probably be adapted for use.

Thought i had heard they were not legal???

VWCOOL Yes its seagull , the server will not let me log in from work any other way ( GULL )

The LPG was not for my car , some one asked so I thought I would put it up for all , good post I think just how does it work ect .

As for the ford EL GT , my subaru out back feels faster > did not like the drive

O can you U2U your email address I have some photos for the Magazine that you may be interested in , cheers seagull

I would have thought that you would have to increase the cooling efficiency of the engine and tinware/ maybe even a fan. Saying this because im under the impression that a car running on LPG runs hotter than one running Petrol...
Correct me if im wrong.

These guys seem to work on Air-cooled VWs, and there's even some photos. I must admit the LPG thing has crossed my mind.

www.gasure.co.uk

Move to Qld and drive wore sedately

unleaded was $1:02.9 yesterday with 4c off woolies caltex 102.9 c / liter

Carseldine for the record.