My propane system is a 4 barrel system, and has plenty of power. It gets 18mpg (400cid V8) and will outperform fuel injection on the trail. When a fuel injected vehicle's fuel pickup can't suck fuel (say on a steep incline, or on your side, etc) propane laughs. It will run all day at any angle. It runs cleaner (no carbon) so even after 5,000 miles, the oil is still clean. Dual fuel setups are crap. The motor must be setup for gas, and therefore when running on propane, it has no power, and is not very efficient. Keep in mind that a propane powered motor is setup a little different than a gas motor. Your timing is way more advanced, and you can run a much higher compression because propane is 100+ octane. Someone who says that propane looses power simply didn't tune/build their motor for propane. At the local gas station down the street from my house, gas is selling for $1.70/gallon. Propane is $1.20/gallon. Propane is also unaffected by altitudes and temperature like carburetors. On a 20 degree snowy day, your propane powered rig will fire up imeddiately and purr at idle like it was 85 degrees outside. Another interesting fact is that Propane is also 2.5blbs/gallon lighter than gas. Like someone said, propane powered rigs run liquid propane to their vaporizor. While a vehicle can run on vapor/gas propane, it will have NO power at all. The simple solution for running a propane powered vehicle on a BBQ bottle in a pinch is to turn the BBQ bottle upside down. Problem solved. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
[ 10-12-2001: Message edited by: Lance ]