[W126 Coupe] HHO conversion kits

[Josh Allen]

> More practical question:  In Germany there are a lot of SEC's that

> have been retro'd to run LPG.  I see that CNG is mostly available

> in the US.  Here the CNG is mostly run by busses as they say (??)

> that motor changes are necessary for CNG that are not necessary

> for LNG (logic tells me that this really depends on the mixing equipment--

> but this could be wrong).

>

> Does anybody run LPG there?

>

> I ask this because if 98% of our Natural gas is domestic--I wonder why

> more cars are not being converted for this.  here the cost of LPG is

> 68 Eurocents a litre where gasoline costs now 1.52 EUR (thats $2.36

> a litre or $8.95 a gallon-- you think you guys have trouble!).  It would

> seem to be the slam dunk everybody has been looking for?

>

> Andy

The last I heard here, the conversions are not being encouraged, and the 
fuel cost ends up about the same per mile, with the added cost of a 
conversion kit.

Reading on autospeed.com (an Australian online car magazine) they have 
cost subsidies to convert to LNG/CNG fuel systems on cars, but even 
there, the fuel BTU density has to be taken into account.

-Josh