Ever see a Diesl C3?
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Ever see a Diesl C3?
http://www.thedieselpage.com/readers/vet.htm
Interesting.... and it was a 77 so it was still a performance increase, but a diesl?
Interesting.... and it was a 77 so it was still a performance increase, but a diesl?
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (Preacher)
When I first started on the forum there were a couple of English guys on the forum that had converted their cars to diesal but they got so much flack from the rest of the forum that they left. With gas prices in Europe being as bad as they are I'm not surprised. Diesals can also be made to run very fast.
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (1979toy)
NO Diesel but my corvette was on propane when i bought it. Had the gas tank removed and the propane tanks where installed where the spare tire was. I drove it like that for the summer and i am doing a frame off rebuild this winter and putting it back on gas with a 383 stroker. Propane is cheap but you need a high compression motor to make the power and the tanks had little range. Have to say that i had allot of looks and questions when i pulled up to fill the tank.
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (Riley)
NO Diesel but my corvette was on propane when i bought it. Had the gas tank removed and the propane tanks where installed where the spare tire was. I drove it like that for the summer and i am doing a frame off rebuild this winter and putting it back on gas with a 383 stroker. Propane is cheap but you need a high compression motor to make the power and the tanks had little range. Have to say that i had allot of looks and questions when i pulled up to fill the tank.
How long could you go on your tanks, and what was their capacity? What was the usual cost to fill?
The guy with the Diesel Vette said he's getting 48 mpg Canadian. What's the diff? And how in the heck is he managing 48 mpg? I figured, maybe, 35 tops. Pretty cool. I don't know how appropriate the diesel is, in a Vette. But its different.
[Modified by joeveto, 7:12 PM 1/30/2004]
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (joeveto)
If you had a house where you needed your own large propane tank outside, you could gas up at home, how cool would that be? It'd be interesting to see a cost analysis of the different options. But I think I'm good to stay with gas as long as we stay below $3 :steering:
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (Cali,68,L-79)
Canada used to use the Imperial Gallon before they went to the metric system. Imperial Gallon is a unit of capacity, about 4.546092 liters, approximately 277.274 cubic inches. The unit was defined by Act 5 George IV c 74 1824 as the volume of 10 Avoirdupois pounds of water at 62°F.
So 1 British Imperial gallon = 1.201 U.S. gallons
So if he claims 45 mpg Canadian, then he'd be getting 37.5 mpg U.S.
Possible, maybe at steady cruise in flat conditions at 55 mph.
[Modified by Smokehouse69, 10:41 PM 1/30/2004]
So 1 British Imperial gallon = 1.201 U.S. gallons
So if he claims 45 mpg Canadian, then he'd be getting 37.5 mpg U.S.
Possible, maybe at steady cruise in flat conditions at 55 mph.
[Modified by Smokehouse69, 10:41 PM 1/30/2004]
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (Cali,68,L-79)
WEll the propane tank would give me around 170miles and held around 18gallon tank. This was not good but i was only running on 6 cylinders. I found the plugs totaly foulded when i tore the motor apart this winter.The cost of propane here is half the price of gas so it was still cheap and fun. If you build a motor to run propane you can get some pretty good horse power out of it. I thought that i would put it back to gas as it should be. I didn't think it was that hard to find a gas tank for a 1980. Good thing i found one as propane was close to going back on for another summer. here are some pic of the car before i took the tanks out. 
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (Riley)
I can't squint that hard
:thumbs:
So bizarre, looks like Monster Garage!! (without the mudtires :D )
[Modified by RUXperienced, 2:12 AM 1/31/2004]
:thumbs:
So bizarre, looks like Monster Garage!! (without the mudtires :D )
[Modified by RUXperienced, 2:12 AM 1/31/2004]
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Re: Ever see a Diesl C3? (RUXperienced)
RUX,
Home propane and car propane are different gases, similar but different enough to cause problems if you tried to run a car on home propane.
In Oz, propane for cars is big. It is called LPG (liquified petroleum gas) and nearly every service station has it. It used to be about a third of the price of petrol but is now half, even so it is a cheap fuel to run and all our taxi fleets use it. I have a dual fuel system fitted to my '68 Bonneville and I have seen several LPG only conversions done to vettes. If you run an LPG only system you can get more power than petrol as LPG is about 105 octane rating but you need to tune specifically for it. A lot of the hotrodders and street guys use it as it is also cleaner and they can get the vehicles registered without all the EPA rigmarole.
:cheers:
Home propane and car propane are different gases, similar but different enough to cause problems if you tried to run a car on home propane.
In Oz, propane for cars is big. It is called LPG (liquified petroleum gas) and nearly every service station has it. It used to be about a third of the price of petrol but is now half, even so it is a cheap fuel to run and all our taxi fleets use it. I have a dual fuel system fitted to my '68 Bonneville and I have seen several LPG only conversions done to vettes. If you run an LPG only system you can get more power than petrol as LPG is about 105 octane rating but you need to tune specifically for it. A lot of the hotrodders and street guys use it as it is also cleaner and they can get the vehicles registered without all the EPA rigmarole.
:cheers: