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Jul 25, 2010 | 06:06 AM

dieselbronc

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Propane add on

Anyone ever put a propane add on to a 370 F 600 , for extra power on the hills ?

Jul 26, 2010 | 02:48 PM

krewat

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Do you mean what the dieseler's use? The 370 is a gas engine, right?

Jul 26, 2010 | 05:23 PM

dieselbronc

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yeah ,right on both,any insight on it ?

Jul 26, 2010 | 06:31 PM

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Propane on a gas engine isn't going to give you anything extra, in fact if the engine isn't setup for it (higher compression) it'll be worse.

Jul 26, 2010 | 07:42 PM

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Agree with Krewat. Propane isn't going to give you any more power. If you for some reason do change to propane make sure you have hardened valve seats installed.

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Propane on a gas engine isn't going to give you anything extra, in fact if the engine isn't setup for it (higher compression) it'll be worse.

Jul 28, 2010 | 12:30 AM

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Agreed.. on higher compression necessity as propane normally gives about 12- 15 percent less power at same compression ratios

I have a 1994 Ford F900 propane parts truck( which coincidentally was a propane tank truck). It has an Impco right from Ford.. Ford logos all over the Impco conversion.. I am thinking of using it in my 79 fire engine project.. but I will be making the engine new and higher compression if I do use the setup. Aftermarket Impco conversions are possible but they are difficult to do correctly and sanitary as they are add-ons and normally universal kits based on cubic inch.. I dont think I could make it cleaner than FORD.. this truck has all commercial stuff.. air cleaners/brackets, braided lines.. sensors and hard lines for heating/cooling the propane etc etc etc.. it would be pretty hard to replicate cleanly and as completely as the Ford engineers did from the factory