Hi all

Thinking about buying the mother in law a TR TS magna. but thinking of putting it on gas. How do they run on gas. Do they lose power or anything. Does anyone here run theirs on gas.

Let me know
thanks

Any car that runs on gas will have power loss and you must make sure it is serviced and tuned on a regular basis or it's a ticking time bomb if you don't. Also it can wear your engine out quicker as well, seen plenty of cars turn to crap on gas.

Hi all

Thinking about buying the mother in law a TR TS magna. but thinking of putting it on gas. How do they run on gas. Do they lose power or anything. Does anyone here run theirs on gas.

Let me know
thanks
Only know about the 2.6 4cyl EFI TR/TS. They run great on gas, as with any car make sure it is a quality installation, go to a reputable installer. The only problem I found is that if you don't run them on petrol much the fuel injectors start to block up and then it doesn't run so well on petrol any more. But i would convert a 4cyl magna to gas without thinking twice. Have had a TN and TR on gas, and my father has a TN and did have a TS, both on gas.
Power wise you can't really tell the difference.

Any car that runs on gas will have power loss and you must make sure it is serviced and tuned on a regular basis or it's a ticking time bomb if you don't. Also it can wear your engine out quicker as well, seen plenty of cars turn to crap on gas.

Yeah??? I have always been told a car runs alot better on gas as it doesn't get carbon build up, and, the oil stays alot cleaner than running on fuel... I know of Magna owners who have dual fuel say it is alot better than petrol, so they say! I'm getting a gas install in my car next week...
VRwagon, was told the same about running the car on fuel once or twice a week, coz thats where u get the probs if you don't do that...

he may be refering to cars that haven't had the oil additive added,
you have a choice to have a kit fitted where by you don't need to worry about the additive (ijust make sur ethe container it top'd up every now and again or you can just run a tank of fuel every 2 or 3 tanks of gas (i think thats how it work'd)

If it's done properly, the car will run better on gas.

For optimal performance from it you would rebuild the motor for gas with it being totally cleaned as gas is a clean system.

Dual fuel imho is a bad idea as when it's on gas they never seem to run that great.

Gas only is the way to go. My boss just got an old FC of his with a 173(I think?) on gas and it now goes like a rocket (just needs a better diff ratio for better top end). Gas is tops.

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It also has an octane rating of 110 which means you could theoretically push up the compression rating to 12/13:1 :shock: Although to do that you would need to put in a new(custom maybe) crankshaft and conrods. Expensive,but massive torque gains :badgrin:

Thanks for the reply's its something to think about.

myne runs on gas.

If your going to convert to gas, go straight gas.

It would be really stupid to go dual unless you want to be able to drive long distances without stopping.

I have a TR 4cyl running dual fuel.
the problems with dual fuel systems only running right on one fuel is more of a carby engine problem, this isn't such an issue with EFI engines.

At the moment it is costing me $35 a tank for 450kms. :badgrin:
I prefer a standard engine on dual fuel to a car setup as straight gas, mainly because I often travel off the beaten track and lpg is not available in many small towns, even in the eastern states.
If you run out if fuel in a petrol or dual fuel car then you only need a petrol can, in a straight gas car you need a tow truck to get to an LPG bowser.

If I only used my car within 300k of a capital city then I wouldn't hesitate to convert to straight LPG. A well designed straight gas system and engine built to suit can deliver better power and economy than the same engine built for dual fuel or petrol because you would have to lower the compression to make it reliable on petrol.

when deciding to convert a car to LPG consider-
Will you do enough k's while you own the car to cover the $2-3000 cost of the conversion?
If converting an older car then also think about whether there is enough service life left in the car to get the full use out of the LPG conversion.