Here's a link to the site of a couple of guys who are going to try to run Rt.66 from Chicago to LA in a 1966 GTO with 3-2s, converted to burn Compressed Natural Gas. Before anybody says this isn't traditional, there was a LOT of interest in the 50s in converting to propane to save on fuel cost, and run cleaner. I'll be happy to send copies of old articles in Hot Rod to anybody who wants proof. Pretty cool. http://route66goatgas.com/Home_Page.php FIXED LINK !!!!!!
Cool, link doesn't work though. Is your avatar a concept model P..?...lol I bet I could get a pickup shell to fit that...
i work for a company that builds cng compressors to fuel city buses and stuff like that , we have the company vehicles running on it, not good for power but great for mpg and emissions.
CNG Taxi's and buses are all over out here. Not sure why this seems like a big deal to anyone. And what have you done to that poor 914?
Couple of things. The avatar is a rebody I did on a 914 for Automobile Atlanta a few years back. Not enough cars to really justify a kit, but I can still build one. CNG will make equal or better power if the engine is optimized for it, as in raising the compression ratio and fiddling the ign. timing. As of 2007, the Cummins deisels were making equal power and torque on CNG as they did on deisel oil. Actually a pretty good trick. Anyone interested in gaseous fuels, please PM me. I've been in working in the field for many years.
I'll post the link again, see if it works now. The idea of this is to get Americans to realize that it's a viable option for all cars, not just fleets and buses. Also, engine life is dramatically improved because of no oil dilution by gasoline, and no washing of the oil off of the cylinders. Real, proven, repeatable science. And it's ours, not from the Middle East. http://route66goatgas.com/Home_Page.php
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