Hello, do you know if anyone has done the conversion of a Honda Fit Sport so that it can run also on liquid propane. I know that the tank would take the entire back of the car, but it would be pretty good with emission, mileage price and engine life.
Let me know as it looks like inexpensive and economic.

THANKS!

PS. for those who do not know how it is done, see here: How to Convert a Vehicle to Propane | eHow.com

 

Not sure if it would pay off or not. Years ago I worked a a propane dealer,and all the survice trucks were propane fueled. The 350 V-8's felt like 4 cylinders,because the propane can't be compressed enough by a normal engine to deliver power of the octane rating of propane. Only savings were oil changes. Propane vehicles run cooler,and doesn't contaminate the oil of a gasoline engine. They changed the oil once a year. While propane per cubic foot is cheaper then gas it takes more of it to get same results,so not much if any savings. In my state any propane powered vehicle the tank is to be located outside the vehicle,and the expense of that the first year way outways any savings. Trucks were easy because they were mounted on the side rails of the bed. The company car had the trunk modified to fit the tank underneath,and that cost thousands. I was told it took 5 years to have propane pay off over gasoline,and gas then was $1.50 a gallon,propane .097 per cubic foot. Only saving was company bought hundreds of thousands of gallons of propane,and at a savings and unlimited availability of that of the consumer. Enviromentally it would be roughly the same or worse. A by product of burnt propane is sulfer,and combined with moisture is sulfuric acid,so the exhaust would have to be a high grade stainless steel which the trucks and company car were outfitted with. Gas burning furnaces require a stainless steel vent pipe or ceramic liner to keep from eating away brick or block chimneys. The water that dripped out of the exhaust in cold mornings was toxic,as it ate concrete where they were parked over time. There may be the reason you won't see propane as an alternate fuel if mulitplied by hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

PaFitter

 

Search under Jazz not Fit and you'll get more info. Here is one link, search this forum or Google for more.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...-lpg-fuel.html

Availability of LPG in the US is not good so unless your car is around town use only with a refill station nearby not a good idea. Unless you go with a bi-fuel conversion retaining gasoline option but then costs are much higher and system more complex.

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I was really on the verge of giving up on deciding about using propane conversions but I think somehow I found the answer. I am a newbie here but I would just like to share my experience since some people might feel the same way. At first I was a bit doubtful if converting gas to propane would really fit my expectations but I've come to realized that yes, it is the answer for my longing prayers. It's very affordable, convenient and is truly a lifesaver. I don't need to spend too much on gasoline and I enjoy the perks of saving my precious time and energy. Just to share, try visiting this website that I found,$4.99 Conversion Plans | GoMow Propane. It's a good reference for your concerns about propane conversions.

I hope it will help you like it did for me.

 

You might want to also look at CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). We have a few of those vehicles running around here including one large Van. There is only one CNG station in town.