alternative fuels

[Thomas McCabe]

Kurt L Anderson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I'm fairly new to the list and most of the postings are over my head.
> With all the talk about propane lately, I figure it's a good time to try
> posting about alternative fuels. I'm especially interested in hydrogen,
> but that's probably not practical right now, may never be.  I have a '60
> Ford Falcon that I'd like to run on a cleaner fuel, with cost as a
> serious consideration.  If I could convert the original i6 engine to run
> on an alternative fuel I'd love to go that route.  I'm looking into
> swapping in an EFI 2.3L or 5.0L so at least it'll run a lot cleaner on
> gasoline.  I'm considering converting to compressed natural gas or
> propane.  I've started reading "Ford Fuel Injection & Electronic Engine
> Control" by Charles Probst and it says,"NG[natural gas]-dedicated
> vehicles need no gasoline fuel injection system, and much simpler control
> for spark and bypass air-idle"(p62).  I'm not sure what this means.  Has
> anyone out there ever converted an older carb. eng. to run on CNG or
> propane?  How about an EFI eng.?  Any other thoughts about anything I've
> posted?
> Thanks,
> Kurt

Conversion from gasoline to Propane is not complex.  You can even retain
the
original gasoline carburator in the event you run out of propane.  That
is what
I did on my pickup.  One of the major problems with propane or NG, is
finding a
location to mount a tank.  If interested, I can provide a few equipment
providers.
The two major propane conversion equipment manufacturers is OHG and
IMPCO.

L8r
-- 
Thomas McCabe - mccabet at mediaone.net
'85 D250, 340 on Propane, Auto
'89 Lebaron GTC, 2.2L Turbo II, A-555 5 Speed, MPSBEC - 1 of 1033
'90 Dodge Caravan, 2.5L N/A, A-523 5 Speed (Soon to be Turbo)
'91 Spirit R/T, 2.2L DOHC 16 Valve T3, A568 5 Speed - 1 of 1208
'96 Dakota SLT Club Cab, Brilliant Blue, 5.2L, Auto, 3.55 SG