Turbocharging a natural gas engine

[Tom Sharpe]

Jake Sternberg wrote:

> Compressed natural gas has an octane rating around 120 +
>
> turbocharging an engine using natural gas makes sense
> because natural gas costs about 35-40 cents per "gallon"
> in your home and about 65 cents per "gallon" at a gas station
> (if you don't have a 3600 PSI pump at your house).
>
> many cities in the US offer a rebate to convert your vehicle
> to natural gas, like Austin, texas.  here, i can convert for
> free.
>
> (* a "gallon" of compressed natural gas is the amount of CNG with
> the equivalent energy of a gallon of gasoline)

Good points except that street cars are generally "crusing" where turbos
don't helpBSFC, however very high compression does....... then you can't
run as dual fuel.Regards  Tom