Re: IML: Rob van der Es and LPG conversion of his Imperial

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

http://www.gotpropane.com/

These guys sell propane conversion kits for off road vehicles. Some nice vintage car benefits including 100-110 octane and does not go bad when not used.

• Very simple
• No maintenance
• Comes with a one year warranty
• Full tech support
• Extremely safe
• Runs on any angle
• No electronics or fuel pumps
• 100 to 110 octane
• Does not go bad if not used
• Automatically compensates for altitude
• Removable tanks for easy refilling
• Runs excellent in all climates (we are in Arizona, and have customers in Alaska)
• Very tolerant to stalling (will not stall unless you stall it)
• Restarts instantly after a stall
• Complete kits, except the tank itself. (about $130 for a new forklit cylinder)
• There is no loss in power!!!, even on bone stock engines!!

The following link describes how to convert to propane yourself.  From this it almost seems too easy.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Alternative-Energy/1972-05-01/Convert-Your-Car-To-Propane.aspx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Strickland"
To: "Imperial Mail List"
Subject: IML: Rob van der Es and LPG conversion of his Imperial
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:21:06 -0500


Rob;

Could you describe to us what you had to do to
covert to LPG? I would assume you mounted a
tank in the trunk and ran a line to the
carburetor. What did you have to set the
distributor timing to? What fuel mileage do
you get?

I know from talking to a co-worker years ago
who had a pickup truck on LPG that it actually
cleaned up the inside of his engine. He said
after running it on LPG for a while and doing
several oil changes that the oil would come out
clean when he did successive oil and filter
changes. Apparently using LPG prevents the
build up of contaminants in the oil.

Enjoy!

Joe S.


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