Propane injection

[SVO-SMITTY]

Just wondering if anyone out there had any success with this? I've been doing a little research on this and I don not know of any SVO's running propane. The reason why I'm asking is because I'm about to buy the Powershot 2000 Propane Injection kit and install it on one of my SVO's. Thanks.

[Gator]

I know the deisel boys use it, but I have yet to see any results that "wow" me for the money.

IMHO, I would rather spend the dough on a nitrous kit bang for the buck wise.

[Erics SVO]

I remember a buddy of my dad's worked for a forklift place.... He put propnae on his old pinto (n/a 2.3) for kicks, man it flew like a rocket compared to its n/a motovation. Just some fun/stupid stuff we do sometimes. BTW he did know what he was doing as far as the usage of propane for fuel.... We laughed so hard our guts hurt for a week!

-Eric

[SVO-SMITTY]

Thanks guys. I do agree with the nitrous, thats why I'm gonna buy them both, just for the hell of it and the experience. I plan on trying to run them both. And if I ruin my engine then it will give me an excuse to call Esslinger. I'll definatly keep you guys posted.

[kiwi]

someone is.....

Using it (propane) on turboford.com

Can't remember his 'handle' right now......

[SVOeric]

Hey Mike

I think they are talking about using propane as a supliment, not a complete conversion (I could be wrong tho)

[SVO-SMITTY]

Mike that is great info, but I was talking about spraying propane into the intake manifold, along with alittle nitrous. With that said, do you fore see a problem? Thanks.

[Gator]

Originally posted by SVO-SMITTY
Mike that is great info, but I was talking about spraying propane into the intake manifold, along with alittle nitrous. With that said, do you fore see a problem? Thanks.

Im just not really understanding the concept ( besiders being "different" ) here....

Why not just save the hassle and use nitrous only...?

[kiwi]

Gator right?

& like Mike said...the propane rich adds a higher heat value versus the nitrous cooling effect.......

a positive and a negative equals zero?........

.....just seems like so much hassle to 'dial in' two foggers......

[Pat_in_L.A.]

Originally posted by Gator
Im just not really understanding the concept...

I believe the concept is to take advantage of a readily available and inexpensive 110 octane fuel whose temperature is -30 degrees farenheit to act as enrichment for the nitrous as well as an air charge cooling and packing device. That should beat the heck out of just pumping more gas into it. Finding the correct dosage will be the big challenge.

[Gator]

Originally posted by Pat_in_L.A.
I believe the concept is to take advantage of a readily available and inexpensive 110 octane fuel whose temperature is -30 degrees farenheit to act as enrichment for the nitrous as well as an air charge cooling and packing device. That should beat the heck out of just pumping more gas into it. Finding the correct dosage will be the big challenge.

Right...got that much....but I suppose what i should have asked is why why be the lab-rat....?

I mean to me it just seems like a big ol' hassle when there are so many cookie-cutter giggle-gas kits out there.

[Will]

There is a company call BullyDog, that makes propane kits for diesel and turbo diesel application. With upto 70% hp increase.

[SVO-SMITTY]

Thanks for the responses guys. My intention was to take advantage of both the propane and nitrous at the same time, but I think you guys talked me into just the nitrous. However, I'm going to do some more research into this and see what happens.

[Will]

If you just want to have two bottles, how about nitrous injection with an CO2 sprayer for the intercooler.

[Erik84SVO]

People use propane injection on gasoline turbo motors mainly to surpress detonation, it will cool the intake and has higher octane than gas. It is similar to water/alky injection. The Buick guys use propane injection a lot with very good results. If you want more info, I'd suggest you check out some Turbo Buick sites like:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/

TurboFord has some good info too.

BTW, using propane in a diesel is totally different. The propane acts as a catalyst to help burn the extra diesel fuel. Some guys with older diesels just let the propane trickle when the engine is running. They say it helps gas mileage significantly.