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LPG on a Discovery
Range Rover Blues:
I'm going for a vertical doughnut when funds allow, in the spare wheel well of the RRC, given you can't get a 235/70 in there anyway let alone the 235.85 that's on at the moment.
A 70 litre is roughly the size of a standard Disco wheel/tyre if that helps.
petergalileo:
I did loads of research into this.
You can have a 100ltr tank in the boot.
2 36 litre tanks under the floor, if you have a lifted disco you can possibly fit larger tanks here but they have to have a certain amount of ground clearance and you dont really want them visible.
The most expensive option -
2 36 ltr tanks under the floor, with the existing tank replaced with a large doughnut (terroidial) tank in its place, you then have a small fuel tank of 5 to 10 litres in the wing directly behind the petrol filler so you have a fuel supply when the lpg runs out (It will !)
You can get all different types of systems, real basic ones thet dont even have a guage to tell you how much lpg you have left to ones that switch themselves back to petrol when the gas runs out and even have an alarm to tell you its happened.
DIY fitment if quite simple, takes a day or 2. I get my kits from a chap who sells on ebay. He is good on the advice too, not sure he does the expensive tanks to replace the fuel tank but you could ask I suppose. If you want his email, PM me or better still YIM me.
Peter
Colin 009:
just found this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8013827157&fromMakeTrack=true might help to talk to them.
Ben:
Thanks guys
If I do this, I want to do it right, so I'm going to run the Disco on Unleaded once I get it for a couple of months (saving up for the fuel now :D) and then make sure that I'm happy with it on that before taking the plunge.
I'm impressed by the RPI site, and the detail they've gone into on the conversion, so it seems a useful place to start. They do seem quite expensive, but on checking up with others, they're not that much more for a similar service.
If anyone's got anything to say on the RPI front, let me know on PM :wink:
Cheers
Ben
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