Any Gas 'Lodges with Ford Super Duty 534 V-8?

[George Burke]

Hello Hank, Congrats to you and Naty for getting hitched. May you travel
many Happy Trails together. I have heard of LPG conversions, but have not
investigated as to any improvement of mpg. Gasoline has dropped a bit here,
as I paid $2.729 per gal at Wal-Mart the other day. I checked on LPG a few
weeks back and it was $2.99 per gal. Seems that I would be on the losing end
unless I would get a good improvement in mpg, or maybe LPG is just spiking
here. It would be another job jar job, as I still have to get this thing
down the road and get the Dometic Refrig. recall taken care of, have one
noisey a/c, and one that doesn't work! You get the idea, and have been house
bound because of this heat wave. One day I hope to have what you have, I
really like those SP's . Best Regards, George Burke Charlotte 1977 FC31 Gas
Lover
On 8/10/07, Henry Jay Hannigan wrote:
>
> --- George:
> Any thoughts to converting that ford gas engine to LPG???
> About 60% of cars in Australia are converted....in fact LPG is at
> most all gas staions here..USA is well behind in this area, but I
> imagine as gasoline goes up more, perhaps more will convert...it is
> cheap.....costs about $2000 to convert here..it is pretty simple..get
> a big stainless steel tank and some fixings and done!!
> problem in USA is finding places to "fill up!"
> Regards,
> Hank & Naty("happily married" now)
> 90SP36 (stored in Vegas)
> In Melbourne, Australia
>
> In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com ,
> "George Burke"
> wrote:
> >
> > Ben, I have a Ford Super Duty 534C.I. engine in my FC31. It is a
> very strong
> > power plant. I remember working on one in 1968 in what was called a
> B-52
> > Wheel Mover. They have been around since the early sixties, and
> were
> > discontinued around 1980/1981. My bus came with this engine, has
> 145K on the
> > clock, but the second owner had it overhauled at around 115K,
> because he was
> > concerned about using unleaded gas, (engine did not come with
> hardened valve
> > seats). The folks that overhauled it told him that it was in fine
> shape,
> > could have went another 100K. So, I have approx. 30K on it,(with
> hardened
> > valve seats installed). Thanks to help from Mike H. , Curt S.,
> Holley, and a
> > few others, I have replaced the carb.,(new Holley 670 Truck
> Avenger), new
> > ignitor, etc. It is running great now,( It SURE LOVES GAS THOUGH ).
> I am
> > sure that it will outlast me. Hope this info. helps. Regards,
> George Burke
> > 1977 FC31 Still having 100+ degree days in Charlotte
> > On 8/10/07, Benjamin Edge wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > For all of you Wanderlodge owners who favor gas engines, were
> there any
> > > that had been replaced with the Ford Super Duty 534 V-8 engine?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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