Aternative to the current gas prices?, T. Boone Pickens uses $1.00/gal natural Gas in his truck; Wonder what it would cost to convert the 914? Options

[DRPHIL914]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...Q0X01-M04KS.DTL

or

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-29/opinion...t?_s=PM:OPINION


when i bought my 914 i was going to go EV IF i could not get the engine running, but did get it running and thus saw the $20,000 cost to convert using LiPo batteries, so passed for the time being. however, since my son is an engineering major at USC(south carolina) this subject keeps coming up.

Hydogen, Propane, compressed natural gas, all options.

this just came up yesterday with the high gas prices, Back in minnesota all of our busses ran on propane.

so why not our 914's?

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food for thought....

[Cap'n Krusty]

As I understand it, there's less energy per unit stored in LNG/Propane/Natural Gas, so your mileage, as well as your HP, would diminish. If I had to "improve" the fuel economy of a 914, I'd do a TDi conversion. Take a LONG time to recover the costs, though, with a 10-15 MPG increase.

The Cap'n

[orange914]

If I had to "improve" the fuel economy of a 914, I'd do a TDi conversion. Take a LONG time to recover the costs, though, with a 10-15 MPG increase.

The Cap'n

1.6 IDI diesel would be a cool conversion. bet you could see 55- 60mpg

WVO + home centrifuge = ???

[Bob L.]

If I had to "improve" the fuel economy of a 914, I'd do a TDi conversion. Take a LONG time to recover the costs, though, with a 10-15 MPG increase.

The Cap'n

1.6 IDI diesel would be a cool conversion. bet you could see 55- 60mpg

WVO + home centrifuge = ???

Now add in propane injection for more HP and fuel efficiency and you're getting somewhere, and you can do it on biodiesel.

What's WVO?

[orange914]

If I had to "improve" the fuel economy of a 914, I'd do a TDi conversion. Take a LONG time to recover the costs, though, with a 10-15 MPG increase.

The Cap'n

1.6 IDI diesel would be a cool conversion. bet you could see 55- 60mpg

WVO + home centrifuge = ???

Now add in propane injection for more HP and fuel efficiency and you're getting somewhere, and you can do it on biodiesel.

What's WVO?

Propane Water/Methenol (washer fluid) apx $400 initial setup. Cools charge adds h.p.& mpg.
Next thing to do on my diesel. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

WVO=waste vegetable oil
SVO=straight vegetable oil
WMO=waste motor oil
biodiesel=treated WVO, SVO or WMO

HYBRID is too far away from reality in refinement and expense for the average Joe. But diesel WILL run it's course first. Last year new car diesel sales UP 30% and HYBRIDS down 2.2%.