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    August 2nd, 2008 02:28 AM #1
    Quote Originally Posted by nameless411 View Post
    gud am po,

    am thinking din po of converting my car to lpg

    is it really worth the installation costs and the usual headaches (as i back-read through some pages here) that comes with modifying a petrol car to run on lpg?

    thanks po
    yes it's all worth it. i think 95% who enlisted themselves having their car/s converted to bi-fuel (petrol+LPG) are satisfied and are now enjoying the savings...yes, it is true that some problems occur to some, but our installers find ways to address those problems...plus we have the sensei of AutoLPG here, Ghosthunter, and the whole LPG conversion community helping each other to solve every problems regarding our LPG kit and our ride...

    ...ganbatte ne...

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    August 2nd, 2008 07:49 AM #2
    ok. i have my city driving FC on our honda civic 96. we drove it for 175 kms. so divided it by 37liters(my full tank) = 4.7km/l . kinda high isnt it?

    my hiway FC is 5.8km/l.

    on petrol. my citry FC is 8km/l.
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    August 2nd, 2008 07:55 AM #3
    im still not getting the big savings sa honda civic 96 namen.
    pero on our honda crv gen 1. im getting almost the same lpg milleage as the civic. i thnk its 4.6km/l. from the usual 5.5km/l on petrol. dito may savings.



    both have 40L capacity donut tanks. im not so sure if they have the same kits... coz they have different swithces.
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    August 2nd, 2008 09:29 AM #4
    Quote Originally Posted by dieselNUBI View Post
    ok. i have my city driving FC on our honda civic 96. we drove it for 175 kms. so divided it by 37liters(my full tank) = 4.7km/l . kinda high isnt it?

    my hiway FC is 5.8km/l.

    on petrol. my citry FC is 8km/l.
    Try dropping by at SPEEDLAB and ask Ferman to tune your car's lpg system. I think you'll be satisfied with the results.
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    August 2nd, 2008 04:16 PM #5
    how much do u think they will charge me for their service? just a rough estimate
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    August 2nd, 2008 06:23 PM #6
    way off nga talga yung LED meters ..... kahapon 92kms pa lang ako 2 LED na lang naka ilaw ..... ngayon nasa 131kms na ko 2 pa din ang LED

    yun bang sa may tanke naten meron parang mini pressure guage ata ..... e yun ba e measures the pressure inside the tank ? so mukhang mas accurate dun tignan e.
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    August 2nd, 2008 07:05 PM #7
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    yun bang sa may tanke naten meron parang mini pressure guage ata ..... e yun ba e measures the pressure inside the tank ? so mukhang mas accurate dun tignan e.
    The mechanical fuel level gauge located on the tank is more "accurate" but it does get stuck once in a while and requires a tap or two to make it unstick.
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    August 2nd, 2008 08:19 PM #8
    BigMike,

    I dropped by your shop to check out my APV.

    Is there a limit in the tube length from the tank to the fuel intake? I was having this idea of putting the fuel intake somewhere up front...in the hood.
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    August 2nd, 2008 06:53 PM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by dieselNUBI View Post
    how much do u think they will charge me for their service? just a rough estimate
    You would be looking at least P2500 just for tuning labor charge.
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    August 4th, 2008 09:47 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter View Post
    You would be looking at least P2500 just for tuning labor charge.
    wow! ang mahal pala maintenance labor ng naka-lpg...pang-oil change ko na ito.
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    August 4th, 2008 09:55 PM #11
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    wow! ang mahal pala maintenance labor ng naka-lpg...pang-oil change ko na ito.
    You might have mis-understood. Speedlab's tuning service is NOT your 5000km tune up or maintenance job. It is a method of optimizing your engine's performance by adjusting the fuel and ignition system. This is what is normally done to sports and performance oriented cars.

    The main problem with auto-lpg installation shops is they cannot tune the auto-lpg kit to run at optimum level. They can get it to run at a competent level and for most purposes, it is satisfactory. But that means there is a margin where improvements can be done by doing fine tuning what is already on the car, including the auto-lpg systems.
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    August 3rd, 2008 02:14 AM #12
    Quote Originally Posted by ezem View Post
    yes it's all worth it. i think 95% who enlisted themselves having their car/s converted to bi-fuel (petrol+LPG) are satisfied and are now enjoying the savings...yes, it is true that some problems occur to some, but our installers find ways to address those problems...plus we have the sensei of AutoLPG here, Ghosthunter, and the whole LPG conversion community helping each other to solve every problems regarding our LPG kit and our ride...

    ...ganbatte ne...

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    hai! wakarimasu, doomo arigatoo guzaimashita..... more power to you too sir! he he he, i see po na you know japanese....medyo medyo lang po me, used to work for a japanese firm po
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