Propane blower

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punisher454 at hotmail.com (The Punisher) wrote:
 
 > Had a Dodge Pickup with a 440 on propane. Engine went nearly 300,000 
> miles then the valve seats just finaly fell apart. The engine was 
 >quite clean inside for someting with over a quarter of a million 
> miles. Be aware that propane will run just okay with stock low 
> compression pistons. But it realy needs alot more compression for 
> good power, and it will NOT have the same power you would expect from 
> an equaly built gas engine. But proper design and tuning will help 
> alot!
 
My old 396 has 11/1 compression ratio. How would that be? I think they called 
these a Rat motor. From a '69 Chevellle, solid lifters, all that.

Charlie Springer