Ext User(mf1@project1221.com中华人民共和国)
28-04-2006, 01:43 PM
Yeah LPG is falling in price,cracked it for 39.9CPL, bout bloody time
too! 50.0+CPL was WAY to much to pay for fuel-off-cuts.
ULP and that DIEsel-rubbish are heading north and racing towards
$1.50/L, LPG heads south.Get with the program guys
Anyway been doing my own real-world testing on LPG fuel brands and have
to say i have found marked difference in mileage vis-a-vis Shell/United
brands [Not as good as a Lab-Rat-Test, but good and long enough
in-field-real-world test]
UNITED is about the cheapest going, but its rubbish LPG [must be made
in NSW?] cannot crack it for 500km from a tank no matter how many times
i try.Not sure if its Caltex/BPblended ot imported or whoever is
suppling them?Also what is its specific Propane/Butane % combo?
SHELL, now that is a QUALITY product, [Shell have replaced its nozzle
too, gone back to the same as the all the others, which is harder to
squeeze but you can now jam something in it so u dont have to hold it
on] its normally only 1 cent more but vouchers etc need to be taken
into consideration etc.
Mr.Haymes paint "Quality cost money, you get what you pay
for"...indeed!
Testing was carrried out over 12 tanks of LPG using the same route and
same time as much as possible, switching fuel brands every fill and
driving in normal manner ie no WOT from traffic lights [I find it
better if i have to *try* and spank a V8 to immediatly switch it to ULP
as its extra HP boost, really need a rolling wheel dyno to compare, but
yeah its much more crisp and grunts miles more than on LPG,even for
overtaking i switch to ULP pass rapidly and switch back to LPG ,kinda
like NOX system [dont try this with a dedicated LPG system :-) LOL]
So United in the 485 - 495km per tank range
SHELL just braining them NEVER less than 550km and knocking on 570km
mark range, well over +10% more
To make it fair the LPG tank was completely drained [once again dont
try this with a dedicated LPG system] as its running out you lift off
the throttle so you keep running the engine but you speed continues to
drop till it finally stalls, this can add another 3 - 5km so both
brands of fuels where run right down to stall, then switch over to ULP
and head to servo ASAP as that ULP stuff is precious!
Its important when doing these types of tests that the tank be filled
to max. NOT 85% cut out, in mine it means buying between 81 - 84L of
LPG [Not bad, filling 84L in a 82L water capacity tank, must be in the
fuel lines or do i smell a rat?] and having the fuel pump display
"NO-FLOW" and hear the compressor near the tank switch off = LPG...full
tank
It works out to [On Shell] to approx. 6.80km/L ...14.70%.....5.8 cents
approx. per km, cannot walk for that....
too! 50.0+CPL was WAY to much to pay for fuel-off-cuts.
ULP and that DIEsel-rubbish are heading north and racing towards
$1.50/L, LPG heads south.Get with the program guys
Anyway been doing my own real-world testing on LPG fuel brands and have
to say i have found marked difference in mileage vis-a-vis Shell/United
brands [Not as good as a Lab-Rat-Test, but good and long enough
in-field-real-world test]
UNITED is about the cheapest going, but its rubbish LPG [must be made
in NSW?] cannot crack it for 500km from a tank no matter how many times
i try.Not sure if its Caltex/BPblended ot imported or whoever is
suppling them?Also what is its specific Propane/Butane % combo?
SHELL, now that is a QUALITY product, [Shell have replaced its nozzle
too, gone back to the same as the all the others, which is harder to
squeeze but you can now jam something in it so u dont have to hold it
on] its normally only 1 cent more but vouchers etc need to be taken
into consideration etc.
Mr.Haymes paint "Quality cost money, you get what you pay
for"...indeed!
Testing was carrried out over 12 tanks of LPG using the same route and
same time as much as possible, switching fuel brands every fill and
driving in normal manner ie no WOT from traffic lights [I find it
better if i have to *try* and spank a V8 to immediatly switch it to ULP
as its extra HP boost, really need a rolling wheel dyno to compare, but
yeah its much more crisp and grunts miles more than on LPG,even for
overtaking i switch to ULP pass rapidly and switch back to LPG ,kinda
like NOX system [dont try this with a dedicated LPG system :-) LOL]
So United in the 485 - 495km per tank range
SHELL just braining them NEVER less than 550km and knocking on 570km
mark range, well over +10% more
To make it fair the LPG tank was completely drained [once again dont
try this with a dedicated LPG system] as its running out you lift off
the throttle so you keep running the engine but you speed continues to
drop till it finally stalls, this can add another 3 - 5km so both
brands of fuels where run right down to stall, then switch over to ULP
and head to servo ASAP as that ULP stuff is precious!
Its important when doing these types of tests that the tank be filled
to max. NOT 85% cut out, in mine it means buying between 81 - 84L of
LPG [Not bad, filling 84L in a 82L water capacity tank, must be in the
fuel lines or do i smell a rat?] and having the fuel pump display
"NO-FLOW" and hear the compressor near the tank switch off = LPG...full
tank
It works out to [On Shell] to approx. 6.80km/L ...14.70%.....5.8 cents
approx. per km, cannot walk for that....