To: ConservativeMind
If 100 million cars have NG conversion kits installed at $1000 each
Why would it cost $1000? My Baja Bug is dual fuel, gasoline/propane, and the conversion cost me a little under $300 including the tank.
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9 posted on
07/30/2006 10:19:24 PM PDT by
mugs99
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To: mugs99
Why would it cost $1000? My Baja Bug is dual fuel, gasoline/propane, and the conversion cost me a little under $300 including the tank. He probably just called a local shop and didn't remember to call the local Wal-Mart Conversion guys. =o)
11 posted on
07/30/2006 10:23:35 PM PDT by
GeronL
To: mugs99
NG is much harder to store than propane. You have to cool natural gas to -260F to make it a liquid. Propane takes about 150 psi @ 90F to make it a liquid. If you try to store the natural gas as a gas (not as a liquid) it takes a big tank to get much useful energy storage.
19 posted on
07/30/2006 11:17:54 PM PDT by
DB
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To: mugs99
Alot easier to convert to NG when you're running carbs and no electronics.
60 posted on
07/31/2006 10:36:20 PM PDT by
uglybiker
(Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: mugs99
Yeah well, that's a bug we're talking about.
I miss my old bug. I used to be able to fix anything with a paper clip and string, without even shutting it off. Brilliant car, if only it had A/C.
I dropped the engine one time with a wrench and a floor jack, in about 20 minutes. (Had to change the clutch.) It took me almost 3 days to do the same with a Ford van, using hand tools.
80 posted on
08/02/2006 5:46:32 AM PDT by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: mugs99
The tank is far more expensive, I would imagine.
82 posted on
08/02/2006 10:33:51 AM PDT by
Old Professer
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