Propane injection

[MarkHam]

Was wondering if anyone has experimented with propane injection?

[londondan86]

I think Dumdum may have done with the hdi
I believe that on the idi (xud) motor there was not much to be gained for what it costs to set up and maintain.

[madwelshman]

I was led to believe that propane injection done properly(injected in the correct amounts) made a fairly big difference in both power and torque on both n/a and forced induction diesels engines.
I could be wrong though, so don't hold me to that statement.

[londondan86]

Another one of those times when the search function is key!!!

Thread from almost a year ago:
http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-19351.html

[MarkHam]

I might give it a go as an experiment. Not too sure how safe it would be though!

[darrenjlobb]

Good luck declaring it to your insurance company / pressurized bottles of gas in your car dont go down well with any area of authority sadly.

Its something I read about alot, however I have always been determined to feed the engine nothing but air and diesel, and thats where the challenge / fun lies imo. Anyone can make power with fuel and nos and or gas?

[r3k1355]

Buy a cheap N/A and whack it on, be f*cking ace having a quick N/A diesel.

[Ruan]

http://www.bankspower.com/techarticles/show/23-Propane-&-the-Diesel

I'd trust Banks a damned sight more than some bloke from Slough who's shoved a bottle of Calor in the boot and claims it's amazing.

I'd sooner add Nitrous than Propane... Nitrous isn't going to torch your pistons etc like it will in a Petrol, worst that's going to happen really is you do something seriously stupid and have a gigantic nitrous backfire, but being sensible, it won't happen.

[Dum-Dum]

I think when I looked at it the amount of gas you could add to a tuned 306 without risking destroying stuff was negligible and certainly wasnt worth the hassle of making/fitting a system.

Effectively anything but the tiniest amount in our relatively high compression engines that are running a fair old whack of boost will cause detonation/pre ignition.

[Ruan]

There's a strong difference between detonation and pre-ignition... Two entirely different phenomenons...

[madwelshman]

I know that the amount injected has to be metered very precisely, but not much else to be honest.