Quote Originally Posted by openwrench View Post
well im a taxi operator / driver before and i have my nissan setra LEC converted to LPG . Well as per liter to kilometer comparison parehas lang . should i say 12 km per liter of gasoline is the same sa LPG ( in terms of distance ) . on the down side less ang batak . parang slide ang clutch mo . at ma feel mo yon sure pero konti lang . but on the price per liter less ang LPG ng mga 10 - 15 pesos ( at the ave. ) .
I wont recommend kung madalas ka mag out of town kasi outside manila limited pa ang refilling stn. pero may switch sa loob yon equipt. para you can still use the gasolline in case maubusan ka .
ang installation time : 3 to 4 hrs lang . Cost : b4 25 k installment pa . 4 months to pay .
Ang isa sa ayaw ko lang ay may amoy talaga , well sabi ng ibang drivers namin d nawawala ang ubo nila kaya kung maselan ka eh wag na lang siguro . tapos yon compartment mo kalahati sa tangke na lang punta .
if you have some more questions ask ka lang . . . .
I've used our 2007 Altis on LPG for the last 5 years and we even bring it out of town (Zambales, Pampanga, Tagaytay, Baguio, etc.) with a full load and running at highway speeds, with hard passing and redline shifts; the LPG range of our car is around 500kms or so and in Baguio they have an LPG station so it's not an issue. Should we run low on LPG, there's always gasoline to switch to (i still warm the car everyday on 100 octane gasoline to run the injectors and ensure better start-up/cold lubrication). With the SGI kit, power is not an issue unless it's not tuned properly or there's a problem with the car or the kit.

Re. the LPG smell, we (and most private vehicle LPG users on this board) never encountered a smell or respiratory problems so it's most likely the condition of the car, the installation, or kit where the problem comes out. Our car is clean and we don't smoke so i guess that helps too. Install time + tuning of the kits takes a day or two or three depending on the tuning bugs that come out (versus 3 to 4 hours??? no wonder taxis have those problems).

*P42K price out for the SGI kit, running an average of 10km/L, it should be break even in a year and a half to two years (running 15,000kms per year).