Hi,

 

I'm looking at buying a Mitsubishi Challenger (Shogun sport) and was looking at getting a diesel mainly cos of the petrol costs. One thing I just thought of is getting a petrol one and getting it converted to LPG. Anyone drive an LPG vehicle or have any thoughts on it?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

de ja vu.... http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=106602

 

are we going to change this to shogun.co.uk

 

:rofl:

Hi,

 

I'm looking at buying a Mitsubishi Challenger (Shogun sport) and was looking at getting a diesel mainly cos of the petrol costs. One thing I just thought of is getting a petrol one and getting it converted to LPG. Anyone drive an LPG vehicle or have any thoughts on it?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

 

I just got rid of my lpg escort last week. Was petrol/lpg switchable. Biggest pain in the arse is finding gas stations. second pain in the arse is the tank doesn't go as far as the diesel escort I have now 80L tank about 300 miles used to do 400 when I got 30k miles ago and was getting through a bit of oiul also. Has now gone to the great lpg graveyard in the sky. bought for just over £200 with tank fitted etc has lasted me nearly 3 years spent about £500 on parts in that time fuel cost at best were about 8p as I remember a mile so did pretty well I figure

was also not as powerful up hill on gas as petrol was

Hi,

 

I'm looking at buying a Mitsubishi Challenger (Shogun sport) and was looking at getting a diesel mainly cos of the petrol costs. One thing I just thought of is getting a petrol one and getting it converted to LPG. Anyone drive an LPG vehicle or have any thoughts on it?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

yep i run a rangie on lpg with no issues at all plus the motor runs smoother with it,theres no feeling like filling your tank up and getting £50 worth of fuel for £25 :D

how many miles would a tank get you?

how many miles would a tank get you?

ive got a 70L tank and on a steady run get about 240 miles plus i have a smaller petrol tank to make room for the LPG one which holds 30L and that gives a range of about 95 miles

so your original petrol tank was removed to fit a large LPG tank then?

so your original petrol tank was removed to fit a large LPG tank then?

yep ;)

I run a 96 GS300 sport on lpg, got a prins (the best) conversion cost £2k to convert in 06 but worth every penny now. I have a 3 litre lex engine giving me approx 200 local miles from around 50 litres of gas I have a 70 litre tank fitted in spare wheel well so no lost boot space. Car runs sweet as a nut no problems ever very happy and system has already more than paid for itself.

A friend owns one of those big jap 4x4 isuzu or mitsubishi and did run lpg but now just runs his diesel one off new cooking oil neat into the tank that works out a lot chaper for him with no conversion costs, i believe you are supposed to pay extra tax if you use the oil that way but dont know if people actually declare that. He uses a high percentage of cooking oil in summer (warmer months) and low mix in winter as it can go solid in the tank. There are plenty of choices for you out there bio diesel etc just take a good look and decide whats best for your requirements and budget.

I would have never fitted the lpg to my car unless I was planning on keeping it for a while or doing big mileage in a short period. For me it just meant that I could get a relatively cheap due to expensive running costs luxury car and run it for the same cost as a small hatchback and I wanted something different from a BMW 5 series so I opted for the mk1 gs. Each to their own though. One thing to watch out for though is that you get properly insured telling the company you have an lpg car and also if you get it written off you could end up out of pocket if that happens just after a lpg conversion. A lot of companys will want to see lpg certificate to prove its been done properly too.

The advice I can give is just look into everything in detail before you go for it.