propane people

[J20]

if your burin the bbq juice like me well i suggest you go to the super save on the bypass in langley............i just filled up for 48.9 a liter:D

[Bronco Boy]

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Be a sport Brian, and split yer savings with me so I can go wheeling this weekend! http://www3.telus.net/cbradley/Smileys/finger_2.gif

[raskal]

87.9-3.5 = 84.4 dino

aldergrove/abby fraser highway PetroCrap and is doesn't stink when yer on the trail :)

[mijinkal]

good to see the gas prices going down. $1.20/L was pretty rediculous

[Bronco Boy]

Originally posted by mijinkal
good to see the gas prices going down. $1.20/L was pretty rediculous
It's even worse when you need 92+!

[J20]

my prop realy doesnt stink that bad, and it has cut my fuel costs in half, i was spending 120 bucks a week on gas and now im spending about 100 bucks every 2 weeks on prop:D i will deal with the smell for those savings :)

[J20]

Originally posted by Bronco Boy
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Be a sport Brian, and split yer savings with me so I can go wheeling this weekend! http://www3.telus.net/cbradley/Smileys/finger_2.gif

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come on chris come to the dark side and run the blue oval on prop

[Bronco Boy]

Originally posted by J20


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come on chris come to the dark side and run the blue oval on prop

In yer dreams! It's not worth it now that Blue is not a daily driver. I almost did it 8 years ago, but at the time it was going to take too long to re-coop the $2500 it was going to cost, and as the years have gone by, bla bla bla and here I am still on petrol. :D

My buddy has enough problems with the propane on his Bronco, and he can't get the same distance as the rest of us petrol boyz......... I guess 'm just happy with having gas. :laugh

[J20]

your buddy most have something wrong with his system then...................my conversion only cost me around 500 including an intake swap and 275 liter tank........i wasnt sure if i really wanted the prop but now im glad i did it...........to each there own i guess

[Bronco Boy]

Ya, he bought the truck like that, and we both think he needs to give it some love and fix a few things.

As for my truck, it is injected, so it isn't quite as simple and in your case.

At least you always have fuel for the BBq! :D

[J20]

Originally posted by Bronco Boy
Ya, he bought the truck like that, and we both think he needs to give it some love and fix a few things.

As for my truck, it is injected, so it isn't quite as simple and in your case.

At least you always have fuel for the BBq! :D

ya if my rig was injected i wouldnt have done prop...........

cause ya no what prop is right???just read my sig line:redneck

[J20]

seems to be 48.9 everywhere around my area now...............but for how long?:confused:

[Tondogg]

Fueled up today for $0.48....................Nice!!!

[ryanmacneil8448]

old post but if ur trucks a bbq super save on hastings in burnaby has propane at 45.9l :cwm24:

[J20]

old post but if ur trucks a bbq super save on hastings in burnaby has propane at 45.9l :cwm24:

thanks Ryan but i got im getting it for 40.9ish right now...............:p

[mabb]

$1.26/L for reg @ 13.5 mpg ..... AAARRRGH!
And the news last night said somebody's done a study and figured out we're paying 27¢/L more than it's worth and we're being gouged.

Gee, ya think? :angry

[Bronco Boy]

And the news last night said somebody's done a study and figured out we're paying 27¢/L more than it's worth and we're being gouged.

It took a study? I wonder if the gas tax moneys paid for that.

Why waste time and money on a study when you can just look at the pump prices across the country. :shakehead:

[crazyguy]

It took a study? I wonder if the gas tax moneys paid for that.

Why waste time and money on a study when you can just look at the pump prices across the country. :shakehead:

cause they probally got a government grant to do the study. :rolleyes:

government likes giving out grants to people doing studies. you just have to make it look like a good idea so they give you the grant

[hardcoreoffrd]

i just picked up a gas 350 truck, iam thinking about keeping it gas, but swapping on a friends good running TBI system computer etc, i have a harness

TBI when done right can get decent gas mileage, plus with alightfoot, will be decent on fuel, 18mpg 20 mpg etc

[Dan]

I've been fueling for 45.9 at the supersave at 56 & the bypass for as long as I've owned my truck

I finally got a little bit of fuel economy this time, its been pretty pathetic and took some tuning of the timing and mixture but I think I might see 10 mpg pretty soon :)

[J20]

ya im probally around the 11 or 13 mpg but hell its 40.9 still wayyyyyyyyy cheaper

[mabb]

$1.30 pr litre
If you don't like the price of beer you can drink tea, coffee, juice, pop, milk, water ... Gasoline you're stuck with. Some idiot suggested on teh new last night we all take public transit and ride bicycles. Except public transit doesn't go there then, and it's hard to get 4x8 sheets of plywood on a bike or a bus. This price gouging is murder on businesses. For several of the companies I do the highway robbery of fuel costs and ICBC are the major expenses, and totally uncontrolable because there's no viable alternative.
Since Governments make a percentage (and illegally charges GST on the other fuel taxes) they're not going to help. Hmmm.

"Propane ... runnin' around my brain."

"Drivin' that train, high on propane, Casey Jones you better watch your speed"

[Dan]

ya im probally around the 11 or 13 mpg but hell its 40.9 still wayyyyyyyyy cheaper

Just did the math, I get 5.9mpg.

Still though the cost is 18 cents a kilometer, compared to 27 cents a kilometer for my gas truck.

[Craigwell]

Embrace the six boys

250L fill at 45.9 to auto shutoff is under $100. (200L)

With the six moving 5,000lbs, I'm getting 1200km per tank. Thats all city, no highway. That's 17mpg

Sounds weak, but with 4.10 gearing and a built AOD, works fine. Will pull anything, and still wants to hit OD for 2700rpm at 120km/h, even with a couple thousand pounds in the box. I might build a mild performer, milled head, dual exhaust, minor compression raise...but probably not. Works good enough. Gearing and OD make the truck. Handles towing and a blade fine.

If you're hooked on powerstroking, cummin and duramaxing (sounds obscene) There's no cure. Open your wallet, take it like a man.

Trucks handles surprisingly well, weight balance is excellent. Hard for me not to drive it like a car.. Glad I don't have an understeering 460 slab up there anymore.

I fill my truck once a month. I figure it pays to think outside the box.

I'm also a fan of 351M/400's when built properly, but I wont go back to a V8 now. Too much weight, less room in the bay to work on, less room for my hydraulics and such, more moving parts to wear down than a six.

[Dan]

I'm sure the 300 six is the perfect motor, but I just don't believe its gonna be happy hauling my 1800 lbs of camper and 7000 lbs of trailer up the Crowsnest

[DavyJones]

So anyone running a dual propane carb setup?? I just got a dual fuel '80 crew cab 4x4 454 4 spd, but am giving serious thought to going propane only. I have 2 complete impco 425 setups to work with, but there's only an impco 300A on it now which seems way too small from what I've read.

[Dan]

So anyone running a dual propane carb setup?? I just got a dual fuel '80 crew cab 4x4 454 4 spd, but am giving serious thought to going propane only. I have 2 complete impco 425 setups to work with, but there's only an impco 300A on it now which seems way too small from what I've read.


Yeah I have exactly that, a pair of 425's on my 460

[Regger]

Embrace the six boys


If you're hooked on powerstroking, cummin and duramaxing (sounds obscene) There's no cure. Open your wallet, take it like a man.




Well I'm a cummin!!! and paying $.84/L... Getting 16mpg, pushing 7000lbs with 300HP at the wheels and something like 800Lbs-Ft of torque!!! and thats from a six cylinder as well!!!

Add my camper, truck on trailer, and full set of tools for a scale tipping 17,000lbs... Still got 11mpg, and still did 80km/hr up the hope-princeton...
(and I'll probably be towing Dans ass with his propane setup up that same hill this weekend too :finger_1: )

Yeah I pay double what propane is, but I look better doing it!!! Oh, and diesel just sounds a whole lot better... and easier to fill up....

However, if I ever did have a big block gasser (heaven forbid)... I might do a propane setup... gas is just way to much.. and for what the cons of propane over gas are nowadays... the price difference more than makes up for it!!!


Ryan

[hardcoreoffrd]

propane it ison my truck! yeehaw ive made my decision and found an rv set up of a late 70s gmc motorhome

RVS have the biggest tank i hear