radmatty
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Anybody on the board had any experience with compressed natural gas or propane as a supplemental fuel for performance enhancement or as a dual-fuel scenario?
I saw a couple of YouTube videos created by people seeking to sell equipment to make it possible. They made it look like it was pretty easy to inject a metered stream of natural gas just upstream from the turbo and be running as much as 75% CNG. The benefits seem to be pretty substantial. A cleaner more complete burn of the diesel fuel, increased performance and the ability to use a less costly fuel, in the case of CNG. Of course, carrying any amount of CNG is a pain in the neck due to the high cost of the equipment and the bulky nature of the storage tanks.
Nevertheless, the idea appeals to me. And since I'm contemplating a TDI swap into my Toyota pickup I would have the room and a convenient location to keep a tank or tanks for CNG. With 19 gallons of diesel onboard and 12 gallons equivalent of CNG my truck would have roughly an 1100 mile range.
I saw a couple of YouTube videos created by people seeking to sell equipment to make it possible. They made it look like it was pretty easy to inject a metered stream of natural gas just upstream from the turbo and be running as much as 75% CNG. The benefits seem to be pretty substantial. A cleaner more complete burn of the diesel fuel, increased performance and the ability to use a less costly fuel, in the case of CNG. Of course, carrying any amount of CNG is a pain in the neck due to the high cost of the equipment and the bulky nature of the storage tanks.
Nevertheless, the idea appeals to me. And since I'm contemplating a TDI swap into my Toyota pickup I would have the room and a convenient location to keep a tank or tanks for CNG. With 19 gallons of diesel onboard and 12 gallons equivalent of CNG my truck would have roughly an 1100 mile range.
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