The Dogfather
3rd October 2005, 05:58 PM
Here's the final review!
Running Costs!
So far its returned between 25 - 30mpg on gas this compares with 27 - 36 on petrol. Depending on the price of gas which varies between 2.5 to 2.8 cheaper than unleaded, this gives and an equivalent to 62.5pmg - 84mpg. The conversion cost £1500 plus an extra £90 for a warranty to cover all the parts of the car which could potentially go wrong and not be covered by MINI.
Performance
The car went in today for it's 1000 mile check up and the stumble has been resolved. To be honest I've not noticed any drop in performance and I did a 0-60 run today using MS's G-Tech kit (thanks martin!).
The 0-60 results on a dampish road: -
Petrol 9.12 sec
LPG 9.65 sec
Filling up
It's not as easy or as quick as filling up with petrol but because the filler point is in the back of the car I can fill from either side and beat the que.
Changes to the car
Well half the boot has gone, but its only half of bugger all, I can live with it though as we don't really use the rear seats anyway.
Verdict
Would I recommend it to anyone else, yes but with a few caveats only if you can find a good fitter nearby like I did www.sbautogas.co.uk , only if you do a reasonble mileage +15k and if you intend to keep the car .
Photos
The boot showing the tank boxed in and my subwoofer! Note the black
box in the recess on the bumper that's the filling point.
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0137.JPG
Close up of the tank and pipes
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0138.JPG
The modified one ball exhaust
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0145.JPG
The switch on the dash
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0149.JPG
The air filter and LPG vapouriser beneath
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0134.JPG
The gas injectors and connections to the inlet manifold
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/medium/DSCF0132.JPG
Running Costs!
So far its returned between 25 - 30mpg on gas this compares with 27 - 36 on petrol. Depending on the price of gas which varies between 2.5 to 2.8 cheaper than unleaded, this gives and an equivalent to 62.5pmg - 84mpg. The conversion cost £1500 plus an extra £90 for a warranty to cover all the parts of the car which could potentially go wrong and not be covered by MINI.
Performance
The car went in today for it's 1000 mile check up and the stumble has been resolved. To be honest I've not noticed any drop in performance and I did a 0-60 run today using MS's G-Tech kit (thanks martin!).
The 0-60 results on a dampish road: -
Petrol 9.12 sec
LPG 9.65 sec
Filling up
It's not as easy or as quick as filling up with petrol but because the filler point is in the back of the car I can fill from either side and beat the que.
Changes to the car
Well half the boot has gone, but its only half of bugger all, I can live with it though as we don't really use the rear seats anyway.
Verdict
Would I recommend it to anyone else, yes but with a few caveats only if you can find a good fitter nearby like I did www.sbautogas.co.uk , only if you do a reasonble mileage +15k and if you intend to keep the car .
Photos
The boot showing the tank boxed in and my subwoofer! Note the black
box in the recess on the bumper that's the filling point.
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0137.JPG
Close up of the tank and pipes
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0138.JPG
The modified one ball exhaust
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0145.JPG
The switch on the dash
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0149.JPG
The air filter and LPG vapouriser beneath
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/DSCF0134.JPG
The gas injectors and connections to the inlet manifold
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/medium/DSCF0132.JPG