What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safety?

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FREEMAN Participant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safety? 10/28/2008 9:05 AM
	What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG? $? safety? What would be the fundamental components to carry this out?
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#1 Re: What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safety? 10/28/2008 5:27 PM
	Gasoline engine the octane rating on Natural gas is too high to run in a diesel. Many companies offering conversion packages http://www.cngoutfitters.com __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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FREEMAN Participant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	#2 In reply to #1 Re: What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safety? 10/28/2008 5:46 PM
	Thanks for the reply. I believe I will find out what I need on the link you provided.
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vicini Guru Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 588 Good Answers: 13	#4 In reply to #2 Re: What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safety? 10/29/2008 9:43 AM
	if you are in the US, becareful on converting to CNG. The EPA has been shutting down places doing conversions because they are illegal. Each conversion must be tested by the EPA to prove that the emissions meet the standards. The testing can cost $10,000, which is added to the cost of the conversion. Failure to comply is a $50,000 fine that can be applied daily. Next, make sure you really want to down grade to CNG. The cost per mile is more than gasoline EXCEPT in Utah, where they have a temporary law that subsidizes CNG. Thjat subsidity will be lifted and you will be stuck paying more.
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YWROADRUNNER Guru Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cypress Calif Posts: 741 Good Answers: 23	#5 In reply to #1 Re: What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safety? 10/30/2008 8:38 AM
	Hello ozzb: I have thought about doing a CNG conversion before, I'm curious if you have any personal experience with the conversion. I've even considered using it on a high-performance engine, the octane rating allows the use of very high compression ratios. __________________ "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man" George Shaw
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mupwi Associate Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Durban; South Africa Posts: 43 Good Answers: 1	#3 Re: What is easier - converting a standard gasoline auto or diesel to CNG?$?safe 10/29/2008 2:37 AM
	from what I understand you cant run a diesel on strate cng it can only be used to boost output kind of like nos on gasoline engines. but gasoline engines can be run on just cng
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