[W126 Coupe] HHO conversion kits

[Andrew Sporner]

Oh Come on-- I thought we were supposed to be getting over this addition.   ;-)


On 6/18/08, Kelly Frink <560sec at comcast.net> wrote:

> Just drill for oil

>

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> On Behalf Of Josh Allen

> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:29 AM

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> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] HHO conversion kits

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> > 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

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