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[Jay w]

cheers guys

I really need this up together as quick as possible as i want to have 5-10k on the new engine before we go to France (july 5) and i want the gas kit fitted soon as well

One thing i will say about her, very smooth indeed, i can imagine that there is so much difference between the CDX and Elite models, this leaves me to think that there were a few things that weren't right with the Elite.

Petrol fuel economy is a lot better as well, the 2.5 was giving me 28 on a run, last night this was up around 32!!   i was well chuffed

Now got to order 2 sets of infinity 5010CS's for the front and back doors and a set of 6010's for the rear shelf  

5010CS - aren't they small speakers?

I have 606CS in the front with the XOvers in the armrests

5010's are 5 1/2 components with separate x-overs i have a set in the Alfa and they sound great, they will need spacing though

Cheers for the comments guys, i have been a bit flat out on it this last week or so, it's going to be doing 30k a tear so everything has to be just right.

LPG kit gets ordered next week so i can make a start on that soon   this time i am going to try and do a how to

[Varche]

Blimey, what a fast worker.

You don't fancy nipping down to see me in Spain from when you are on holiday. I need my cambelt and gearbox changing.

You (well we) should have it done by lunch despite it being a seven hour drive from where you are staying. You would be back having a sundowner by 7p.m.

varche

[Martin_1962]

cheers guys

I really need this up together as quick as possible as i want to have 5-10k on the new engine before we go to France (july 5) and i want the gas kit fitted soon as well

One thing i will say about her, very smooth indeed, i can imagine that there is so much difference between the CDX and Elite models, this leaves me to think that there were a few things that weren't right with the Elite.

Petrol fuel economy is a lot better as well, the 2.5 was giving me 28 on a run, last night this was up around 32!!   i was well chuffed

Now got to order 2 sets of infinity 5010CS's for the front and back doors and a set of 6010's for the rear shelf  

5010CS - aren't they small speakers?

I have 606CS in the front with the XOvers in the armrests

5010's are 5 1/2 components with separate x-overs i have a set in the Alfa and they sound great, they will need spacing though

Cheers for the comments guys, i have been a bit flat out on it this last week or so, it's going to be doing 30k a tear so everything has to be just right.

LPG kit gets ordered next week so i can make a start on that soon   this time i am going to try and do a how to

Fit 6.5s in the front - plenty of room

[Martin_1962]

While the door is off put the XOver in the armrest - chop out some of the thick foam

[Jay w]

well the LPG kit has been ordered today, another kit from Jeremy.

This time i am going with an 80l tank and the same Stag 300 set up i had last time.
He has been very kind and supplied me with a french adaptor and a spart fuel filter as he was saying the french don't filter their gas to the same quality as we do, as a result i may have to clean the injectors when i get back to the UK and a filter change is recommended as well at the same time.
The system is the same one that JamesV6 and i have used, i believe Marie has the 4 cyl version, its a fully adjustable system that can be mapped using the software supplied that will also help with fault diagnosis

I have no vested interest in this chap as others on here will testify, but he is a mountain of help, i am hoping that the kit should be with me before the weekend, if it is then we start with the tank this weekend and do the front end during the next week.

here is his ebay address, he was telling me he is doing less on there now as word of mouth is selling more kits than ever before
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZu-fit-lpg

i will be tring to do a 'how to' however as i found last time, my methods and my car will be different from others, i have already hit an issue of mounting the vapuriser as i now have another waterpump in the way, never mind we will overcome

[zippo]

is that the same  kit that  Danny had fitted  :question

[Martin_1962]

I moved my pump Jay - about 1 inch was enough

[Martin_1962]

is that the same  kit that  Danny had fitted  :question

I think the Jeremy kit is Stag but Dannys is OMVL Dream

[Kevin Wood]

well the LPG kit has been ordered today, another kit from Jeremy.

This time i am going with an 80l tank and the same Stag 300 set up i had last time.
He has been very kind and supplied me with a french adaptor and a spart fuel filter as he was saying the french don't filter their gas to the same quality as we do, as a result i may have to clean the injectors when i get back to the UK and a filter change is recommended as well at the same time.
The system is the same one that JamesV6 and i have used, i believe Marie has the 4 cyl version, its a fully adjustable system that can be mapped using the software supplied that will also help with fault diagnosis

I have no vested interest in this chap as others on here will testify, but he is a mountain of help, i am hoping that the kit should be with me before the weekend, if it is then we start with the tank this weekend and do the front end during the next week.

here is his ebay address, he was telling me he is doing less on there now as word of mouth is selling more kits than ever before
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZu-fit-lpg

i will be tring to do a 'how to' however as i found last time, my methods and my car will be different from others, i have already hit an issue of mounting the vapuriser as i now have another waterpump in the way, never mind we will overcome

Been thinking about that pump myself. I will get round to doing mine one day. I believe it only runs when parked up with the heater on so it should be possible to ditch it entirely. It's right where I'd put the vaporiser.

I'm thinking of redirecting the pipes around the back of the engine so it gets flow all the time rather than only on heater and then using the rather nice moulded pipes to feed the vapouriser, possibly with the pump still in circuit or possibly not. :-/

I'd be interested in the dimensions of the tank you've gone for, Jay.

It was indeed one of those systems we fitted to Marie's car and it went like a dream. In fact, due to a little wiring fault by yours truly   when we first filled the tank it refused to run on petrol so started up, pulled away from the garage and up the road to the nearest layby where we could tinker on gas without any calibration. 8-)

Kevin

[Jay w]

i have been looking at the area in front of the dirt shield under the wheelarch, it id below where the airbox sits, i believe its where the self levelling pump would have sat on my elite, its out of the way, discreet and i am sure a bracket could be made to support the unit.

I still have to sort out the brackets for the injectors, i may tap into the plenium for that, having the long one and no EGR or ICV units is a bit of a blessing really.

I was hoping that the water hoses to and from the pump could be interrupted and the vapouriser fed from that point, oh well, back to the old way of doing it, it worked last time, it just means that it is really bust round the back of the engine

Kevin as soon as it arrives i will get the dimensions for you  

[sassanach]

why dont you fit the 100 litre tank? you will lose no more usable space in the boot.

[Jay w]

why dont you fit the 100 litre tank? you will lose no more usable space in the boot.

fair point, i am on a slight budget and that would take me over by quite a bit.

The 70l tank was ok, i was finding that i could do most of my journeys with only have to fill  up for the return trip.

[sassanach]

on a run my 100 litre tank would carry me 400 miles +.where i am in the trowbridge area we are well served with lpg pumps but once you leave the area it gets more interesting.

[Kevin Wood]

i have been looking at the area in front of the dirt shield under the wheelarch, it id below where the airbox sits, i believe its where the self levelling pump would have sat on my elite, its out of the way, discreet and i am sure a bracket could be made to support the unit.

Spooky. I was just looking at that area on mine about 10 minutes ago. Either for the vapouriser or the ECU.

I still have to sort out the brackets for the injectors, i may tap into the plenium for that, having the long one and no EGR or ICV units is a bit of a blessing really.

Yes. Should make things easier. Either that or replace the plenum bolts with slightly longer ones, Pack out the recesses and run a bracket from the plenum bolts down to the side of the plenum.

I was hoping that the water hoses to and from the pump could be interrupted and the vapouriser fed from that point, oh well, back to the old way of doing it, it worked last time, it just means that it is really bust round the back of the engine

The water pump is after the HBV at the moment. However, re-jigging the pipes behind the engine would soon fix that. Makes no difference to the pump where it is in the system, and then you can run the vapouriser from the pump pipes, and potentially put the pump in series with it if room is available

Kevin as soon as it arrives i will get the dimensions for you  

Excellent. I'm hoping that I can find a reasonably large tank that will still give some room for lobbing the odd long load (bits of wood, etc) through the hole behind the back seats, so either a cylinder that uses the whole width but is reasonably slim, or one that uses the whole height but not the whole width would be good. Range isn't a huge issue. As long as it does 200-250 miles I'd be happy. Need to go and measure up the boot, I guess.

Kevin

[Entwood]

Re the 100 ltr tank ...  

When mine was measured by the place that is doing the work (goes in on Saturday) they said I would have to have an 85 ltr tank (68 ltrs useable gas) as that is the max that fits between the suspension "bulges".  

Could this be due to their suppliers being different to others, or what ?? 15 ltrs is not a lot I know .. just wondering about the discrepancy ..