Turbo with LPG ???
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Just wondering if you , or if you know anyone who has Turbo`d their car & used LPG ,,, or in fact if it actually can be done successfully?

I`m no brain stormer on LPG at all, (i know nothing about the stuff really) but as it`s known to allow (or rather it likes) higher comp ratios, then surely it`d be the dogs bollocks for turbo road mini with fairly high boost able to be contained

Anyone???

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"""LazyGoodForNothingSmartArseKnowItAllBackYardMiniMechanic"""

hi matt ,
i run lpg on my non turbo van with a higher cr ,its good ,make 140 odd bhp instead of 100 with a diff cam and stuff
i think it would be a very good thing to run .
its done in the us on turbos.
two things
one is you get no cooling from the fuel unless you run liquid inj which i want to get into ,, so its more sensitive to air temp.two ,is that ignition timing changes a lot , im running 20 degr at 1200 and 28 degr at max compared to 10 and 36 non lpg.
octane seems to run in real terms around 114 mon and 102 ron , or the other way round ,and if you know about those 2 tests you can see its air temp sensitivity in the diff between the 2.
if you run a simple feed ring in the inlet it would have to be b4 the turbo (unless the vapouriser is pressure balanced) , if you do this be carefull to run rich b4 you tune it ,a backfire is dramatic, ref plastic lugs snapped off my airbox..
regards
robert

Edited by robert on 17th Oct, 2007.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Ak Miller in the US did a lot of LPG turbos in the '80s.

1275 with Back Door Turbo