Can a fuel-injected car be converted to propane?

The big question about converting a car to propane that that I have (and which every online seller of conversion kits seems to be sidestepping) is: Can you convert a fuel-injected, non-carberator(sp)-equipped car to run reasonably well on propane? I have a Mazda Protege 2002 hatchback that I may be interested in doing this with. Can it be done or not?

Well....really strange question....but I am a fuel-injector developer... i work in a very important society who makes injectors for gasoline and diesel car all ower the world... Of course u need new injectors, calibrated for the specific use u want to perform... I actually don't know if propane injectors applications exist from other injector producers, i'm almost sure we don't have anything in this field (no requests are made). It is theoretically possible, but u have to find someone who sells preparation kits ready-to-use...if they exist. But...why propane?? Where do u find it??? Wouldn't it be easier to convert your car to use LPG (Liquid Petrol Gas)?

Isn't all gasoline already liquid petrol? No idea what country you're in, but propane is readily available in the US. I think fuel injector equipped cra require an extra component to work properly but it can be done. Just not a lot of info out there about this.

The short answer is yes you can run a fuel injected engine on Liquid Propane Gas.In Australia we have been using LPG for over 20 years.

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Originally posted by sunbeamowner

The short answer is yes you can run a fuel injected engine on Liquid Propane Gas.In Australia we have been using LPG for over 20 years.

in belgium it is used ever since the sixties, my dad only had cars with this because it's cheaper and more enviromental friendly...

yes you probably could but i dont think it is worth your time or money to try and make your newer car run on it. im sure you would need new injectors. theres no doubt the ignition and computer would have to be modified to accept a fuel with a different flash point. your valves might even need changed out, they might burn up with a different fuel. i say its not worth the effort.

HEY!!!!!!! LPG IS LIQUID PETROL GASES!!!!! NOT LIQUID PROPANE!!!!!!!!!

nOT WITHOUT A FLUX CAPACITOR

Well, it's not that tough to crunch the numbers since we know the cost of the conversion, the (ever rising, anal-fist-rape) price of gas and how much of it you use as an individual. Those are numbers I think I am going to crunch. Plus your engine is going tolast a LOT Longer using propane, and you can always remove the propane system from your car when you sell it and just put it into a new one.

Zeroflat: You don't really know any of that. Stop talking out of your ass unless you have some real info to offer.

i just wish they would shoot the price of gas over $6 a gallon so then people would come up with an alternative rather than just bitching about it, yet still buying the gas anyways

seek a professional for installation...

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Originally posted by bachiotomy

nOT WITHOUT A FLUX CAPACITOR

and ONE POINT TWENTYONE JIGAWATTS OF POWER!!!

Without any doubts Propane CAN be used to run an injected motor however you should not attempt to do this yourself and you should check your local laws as to whether the vehicle can be registered. There are a number of different gases now being used to power road vehicles LPG is very widely used in Australia in fact the Federal government pays a subsidy to convert vehicles to LPG. THere are also a number of other diffferent gases used in other countries. Compression Ignition engines (what most of you would call a diesel) can be converted to run on various different gases as well as numerous different types of other combustable fuels.

India uses compressed Natural gas (CNG) systems in a number of vehicles and I believe The Western Australian Government actually has Hydrogen powered buses in its transport system or soon will have.

My mother has a LPG system on her fuel injected Magna (dual fuel system) I doubt whether there would be a serious difference to the fuel induction system between the two gases.

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