How hard would it be to convert my V10 to run off propane or bi-fuel propane and gas. CNG could also be an option, but the nearest gas station that has CNG is 80 miles away. I am putting a few too many miles on this thing and with gas at 4.50 a gallon its getting quite expensive.
I drive 200 miles a day so 200x5x4x12=48000 a year, not counting weekend travel.

 

$4.50 a gallon ? Where are you ? Propane is a fairly common conversion, call your local propane supplier, they'll have info or can send you somewhere to get it. You will lose 20-25% of your hp but with the almighty V10 you can afford it (yuk yuk). Good luck, $4.50, yowzers, must be in Britain ?

 

canada, actually. gas is 109.9 a litre here, and a litre is about 1/4 of a gallon, but about 1.80 out of that is taxes.

 

i don't know about doing it. but my propane company here runs new v10 ford trucks "04's" for the 2.000 gal tankers and they all run on propane so it's at least doable

 

I know its easy as hell on a carburated engine, but what about our modern EFI engines?

 

Remove injectors, plug the holes.

Put propane nozzle behind throttle plate.

bang...

Good luck metering it... But theoretically, it works that way...

 

Uhmmmmm, tha sounds a little too easy. Never mind mounting the tanks, running the lines, tieing it in to the throttle, making the computer work with it, etc. Doable, YES! Extremely easy, uhh, don't know about that.

 

propane is 1.12 a gallon find your local propane company mine too uses ford v 10 and v 8 5.4 engines in their trucks that have been converted to propane.

 

I'd like to see how much the conversion costs, what kind of mileage it would get, and if the conversion would actually off set the cost of it in the long run.

 

well i posted about it in the alternative fuel section and found a lot of places one guy sells everything even for efi propaneguy.com . it will cost me 678.00 to do mine on my 428.

 

I heard it gets less mles per gallon then gas, but its almost 3 dollars cheaper at gas stations, and free at home because we use it to fill the RV tanks.

 

Need to get someone on here that is actually running the setup. I'd like to some real world useage on it.

 

Drive to a propane distributor that has converted their V10's to propane and ask them to see it. I will guarantee you the dist. would love to hook you up with a propane conversion, they'll sell more gas.

 

Don't forget besides the cost differences, that "alternative fuel" vehicles get tax breaks.

From where and how much, well, that differs based on where you are. I'm sure NYC would give a bigger tax break than, say, the woods in Upstate NY.

When Ford was still making dual-fuel trucks, I really wanted one... then, when it came time to get my '01 or an '02, they stopped. Figures. I really would have loved LNG or LPG as a backup...

 

When did they stop making dual fuel trucks? I noticed chebbie has a hybrid truck now.