yotarover

blew a huge chunk of rod out the side of my driver side block about 3 days ago. started to tear apart the engine got the head off all is good cept the hole so i got another block. gonna order everything from engnbldr street rv head-261c cam.40 over

going the route of propane this time

so who else is running pane?

Junkers88

Just wondering why you want to run LP. Is it to save money?

NicCantDecide

LP burns super clean, less damage to the engine over time, but in my area its pretty hard to find propane at the same price of gas. It can be done but its usually industrial supply yards which is less than convenient.

Before you decide to go propane and drive it on the road make sure you have enough places to get fuel (or a large enough store of it at home).

I'd run propane if it wasn't such a hassle to obtain, but its not a very popular fuel outside of industrial yards.

NicCantDecide

GotPropane makes a propane kit for the 22re. You effectively turn it into a 22r with the 22re manifold.

It's not hard or expensive. Same price as the 22r kit.

yotarover

i plan on buying a few of the 120lb tanks from lowes to keep at home, run 2 of them in the truck. i can get pane from the welding supply shops around here.

other reason why not since im going to build my new engine from scratch, swap in a 5sp, spool the rear, and hopefully sas. i now have the perfect excuse to sink some cash into the truck. i'll use it to dd when i dont drive my lexus sc400

NicCantDecide

Yeah, might as well then. As long as you have a good car to DD most of the time do whatever you want with the yota.

yotarover

gonna be a fun build

toyota4x4907

Does doing propane on an engine originally designed for gas (22re) net better power or better mpg? One of the forklifts at my work has a 4.5L i6 LPG engine, its HP is 96 at the crank.

peow130

That's a totally different thing though.
That engine was designed for torque, NOT hp.

I've heard of farm trucks going well over 400,000 miles on the original rings, pistons, valves, etc etc. And have the oil still look clean after 3000 miles.
Propane combusts significantly cleaner than regular gasoline, and you can tell by the fact that propane has the "hotter" blue flame, while gasoline has a "cooler" yellow flame, with black smoke.

sebastianholmes

since the propane burns hotter could it cause overheating issues???

peow130

Nope.
Exhaust gases might be a little warmer, but the main point is that it burns cleaner, resulting in a brighter, bluer flame. With less carbon leftover from the combustion, less carbon gets built up on top of the piston and valves..

sebastianholmes

i knew about it being much cleaner and stuff i just wasnt sure if it was big enough difference in heat to do any harm.

ExB16ner

ppl seem to be running on pane for over 10 years, no rebuilt

ExB16ner

sorry for off topic question, does anybody here know where to get a Mixer to Carb adapter?