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Oct 27, 2005 | 09:43 PM

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Shaughn Murley

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on the propane subject, in college we built a stroker motor for our instructors truck to run on propane. it rocked, 383 chev with stainless valves and hardend seats, 10.5:1 compression, nive high duration cam, and though, well, it is high octane, so we turbo charged it.

10.5:1 WITH 8psi of boost.

fun times were had by all.

Oct 28, 2005 | 04:34 AM

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Derek Jerome

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I might pick up the Edge combo for my truck, but I am worried about voiding warranty, especialy since I bought extended. Not sure why I would need 425hp/900fpt but I can't think of a reason why I wouldn't need it either...

Like the fact you can get better mileage as well.

if you have an auto do buy that box unless you do your tranny 1st or you will lose it, no if ands or buts

www.dieseltrans.com , one of the best diesel tranny shops in norh america and they're in canada [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

also you will need more air to take advantage of that boxes power so that means a new turbo or egt's will be through the roof

and finally repeat after me "I am my own warerenty station" [img]smile.gif[/img]

the extra power is very addicting once you've had a taste you can't go back, but be warned it is also very expensive ......I've been through a lot of drivetrain parts on my truck

oh yeah and Edge products rule, I love my drag comp

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Oct 28, 2005 | 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by FurleyII:
on the propane subject, in college we built a stroker motor for our instructors truck to run on propane. it rocked, 383 chev with stainless valves and hardend seats, 10.5:1 compression, nive high duration cam, and though, well, it is high octane, so we turbo charged it.

10.5:1 WITH 8psi of boost.

fun times were had by all.

Awsome I was actually thinking of doing a turbo, on my truck with a, 350, 10.5:1 compression, comp cam, ect, ect. I was wondering what would be a safe amount of boast to run daily, on a propane engine with high compression. Now I know. I was thinking about 5 psi myself. Was it a twin turbo, or just a single, and what size was it?

Oct 28, 2005 | 09:48 AM

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10.5:1 and 5 lb of boost you should be fine. Even on premium gas you might be able to get away with that.
im going 8:1 and 30lb of boost....that project will take atleast another year though. And its gonna be an all summer driver. my daily driver gith now runs 18psi of boost on premium gas.

If anyone is ever looking for a turbo give me a shout I might have the right one for you at the right price.

350...you probobly looking at around a 1.5 a/r ratio for a single turbo.....or you could go dual .8 or .7....

Oct 29, 2005 | 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by Cavalier Chunk:
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<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by defro13:
propane injection on a diesel engine is the shizzle, did i just say shizzly, btw, nice burn on chunk dukk, anyone got that chunk pic around for a good refresher for everyone

Yeah, it's a good way to mess up a nice engine.

There are such better ways to get reliable power out of diesels I don't know why anyone does propane.

Well, I actually do know, it's the same reason that people put NOS on stock sunfires [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]truck has an engine made specificly for propane... jeez don't yeah know my dad used to be a back yard mehcanic. road runner those we're the days!!!! [/QUOTE]Easy there smart guy [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Propane injection is a way of adding propane into a diesel engine to get more power. To incredibly dumb it down it's like NOS for diesel.

Oct 29, 2005 | 01:24 PM

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Dude across the road from the Totally Useless Animal Sanctuary is converting his 01 Powerstroke to run on Canola Oil. Free oil and about a g note for the conversion. He's converted one fuel tank to hold the Canola oil for operating the vehicle and will install a tidy tank next. The truck will still start using conventional diesel in tank 1. I'm watching to see how this goes. IIRC, the guys who are manufacturing this system live in Campbell River. My neighbour is being contracted to do the installs at his shop for the system so I am quite interested.

I can see it now, out plowing snow at McDonalds and I need some oil...