polariskid Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Did mention a while back that this was happening but as we've just had our little 1.0L Lupo done and it runs faultlessly I've got mine booked in this week So bye bye spare wheel and helloooo cheap fuel!! If anyone's interested in specs, pictures or how it's done i can post whenever Cheers,Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Pugh Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 What's the cost if you dont mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThE gOg Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I'm interested mate.Is it a diy job? How much does it cost? Does performance take a hit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Is it actually worth it? My Lupo was always good on fuel and the last time I looked LPG conversion were quite expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Sorry for the late reply, moving house and internet is few and far between The cost is £1000 which does seem a lot i spose but if you do the maths, my conversion will pay for itself in just under a year and it's easy living from there on You can do it yourself but it's highly advisable no to unless you know exactly what you're doing. And no, there is no performance hit at all. Drove our little 1L down to college yesterday and i'd say if anything it's nippier! basically it's just a second tank, LPG vaporizer, multi point injectors and a new LPG fuel management system that is linked into the ECU.If you don't keep a car for much longer than a year then I'd say don't bother, but if you looking at having it long term and there are filling stations within a 20 mile radius I reckon your mad not to. Mine's being done at a little place not far from me but LPG Wales i know do the conversion in a day and i think it's a little bit cheaper aswell She's gone in today and i'll keep you all posted on what it's like Cheers,Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Pugh Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Cheers for the link Tom - LPG Wales is about 2 mins from my office. Ellie's been wanting convert her Jeep so need to do the maths on how quick it'll pay for itself, but I think she'll be looking at 6 months to repay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 A family friend just got his 4.2 a6 done, total cost was £1700But actually works out cheaper to run than my lupo gti now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Glad to be of help guys, the savings can be huge and I'm simply promoting it to save everyone some money Got our 'Fleet' almost done now a 4.0L Land Rover Defender, a 4.0L Range Rover (For Sale if anyone's interested ), a 4.6L Range Rover, 1.0L Lupo and my 1.4L Lupo Sport the annual saving is something ridiculous We've never had a single problem with any of the systems Cheers,Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Okay, bad news.Due to me and the old man not thinking this through at all, we now realise that due to the exhaust on the Sport, it spare wheel compartment only fits a space saver. Not a problem, we thought, just put same tank we had in the little 1.0L and put a false floor over the top (gives me an excuse to put a sub and amp in ) Yet, no. There is some sort of lip or something preventing us putting in the 35L tank. So I now have 3 options, use a smaller 20L tank that WILL fit in the spare wheel compartment, put two cylindrical 10L on either side of the boot (covered by ply and carpet) or one cussing gurt 50L torpedo tank across the boot (giving me the disadvantage of not having a boot )So we've got all the tanks at home to see what looks best and work out what is most practical.Keep you updated on what we're gonna do when i get home friday.Cheers,Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Does a lupo have a boot anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newnesie Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Does a lupo have a boot anyways?I've never found mine? Is it the passenger footwell? Thats where most of my things go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Okay, after much debate. I've decided the best option is to put on 10L tank in the spare wheel compartment and one on a corner of the boot (with some ply and carpet over it). She's gone in today, and I'll have her back Friday Will post pics and details upon her return. Oh and it's gonna be on display at Castle Coombe for the VAG day if anyone wants to look at the in's and out's of it Cheers,Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez1990 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 i thought the boot was that little cubby hole above the heater switches :s hahahope all goes well with the LPG btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 No, I like to think of the boot as the glove trough, that's where all my things slide around Cheers man, can't wait to get her back.Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akbarirfan Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Any news Tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lward Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Lpg conversion in that LPG Wales place (im gathering its the one in newport?) cost my old man £1200 but due to doing about a zillion miles a week being a driving instructor it paid its self in a matter of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Sorry for such a hugely late reply but it's done!! I did take it to Castle Combe for the VW day and BEP51 and AlexKid saw it Since then I've had my 3rd tank fitted for extended mileage and I'm seeing about 200miles out of the 3 tanks totaling 24L. Meaning I care not for my MPG I'm actually going to take some pics of it now and upload them this afternoon as I've been meaning to for months. And I also kinda did a boot build on top of the LPG tanks with sub and amp on display But it's all safe and has been checked over by my LPG mechanic Pics to follow,CheersTom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thooooom Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 get some pics up ! with the sub and amp build too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Here are the pics of my Sport and my Mum's Green Peril Firstly here is the engine bay when i bought itAnd after it's LPG conversionRomano Intelligent LPG ECULPG VapouriserInjectors into manifold (very hard to get to and take a picture of )Filler cap (wet because i washed it)Fuel Gauge and Petrol/LPG buttonTanks!!! (Taken from rear seats and under false floor so sorry bout the bad quality)Yeah that is the earth cable attached to the LPG tank And of course what's on top of the tanksAnd some pics of mother's oneVapouriserYeah.... Injectors.... i think I don't know why this photo is buggered but the tank i wantedAnd there ya go Any questions please ask, otherwise thought i'd better show every as i believe it's a bit of a first Cheers,Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Everyone* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 At what point do you expect to make a return on this invenstment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 At what point do you expect to make a return on this invenstment?Soon.... soon....Nah I kid, it's looking like around 1 and a half to 2 years before i see my returns. But I have no intentions of selling it for a long time, and even when I do sell. Out comes the LPG kit, and in it goes into a GTi Few hundred pounds to refit it, and it continues to save me money all over again You really don't see any sense in this, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 It just seems a lot in input for little gain thats all - you seem to know what you are doing though!How does it affect performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Ah cheers. Well it makes sense as all of our other cars have been converted and we have bulk tanks at home And yeah unfortunately my car had to be different so nothing was straight forward :/ Whereas with Mum's car it was simple as and didn't cost anywhere near what mine did to do. So hers will have paid it's conversion off before the year's out and hers was done at the same time as mine.Nope not in the slightest, the ECU for the LPG is intelligent so is constantly learning from the original ECU so the longer you have it the better your fuel economy becomes. When i first had mine done the most i saw was 150, now I'm regularly seeing close to 200 miles out of the tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted September 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Just filled up, cost me a whole £12! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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