dtbaker61
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- Dan
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ICE motors with carburetors can be retrofitted with bigger jets to run on NG, LP, or even Methane (which you can generate at home,but probably not compress safely).... but they usually still have to start with gasoline or more flammable fluid to get the airflow going thru an ICE motor. The NG, LP, or Methane also do not burn as hot, so you would have much lower power.... and are fairly corrosive.I am thinking that I will have to convert my 5.0 V8 to run on natural gas eventually. Gasoline will become hard to find and expensive. I wonder if you can get a natural gas filling station installed at your house.
retrofitting a fuel injected ICE motor with computer fuel mix and timing controls might be more 'problematic'.
If you want to go to all the trouble to convert a gasoline car that you love.... consider a brushed DC electric motor. You can get more torque with less software at far lower cost than an AC motor/controller/inverter.... but no regen braking. Great for drag racing, but not for range or brake pads in stop and go traffic.
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