Anyone ever done this or thought about it?
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scoutabout
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I don't have a lot of faith if they haven't updated the price of CNG since October 2006.
Take it for what it is worth, but here is a site that tracks CNG prices
http://www.cngprices.com/index.php?location=84101&lat=40.756587&lng=-111.901214
Looks like .64 a gallon now. What was the price in '06?
http://www.cngprices.com/index.php?location=84101&lat=40.756587&lng=-111.901214
Looks like .64 a gallon now. What was the price in '06?
cannoncrawler
TWERNT THE MORMONS!!!!!!
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- Idaho
looks like no stations in idaho on that map, so no go for me.........(although there has to be some around)
Yes then you get the rebate! The only down fall of the CNG is the tanks. The tanks are big I ran 3 tanks on my 454 that were around 4' long and 18'' round. That alone only gave me only 22 gallons. So you are restricted on how far you can go by the amount of tanks you want to carry. But there are alot of fill stations throughout the valley.
Thanks for the info!!
Yeah the one in Murray is right next to where I live so it would be perfect. But a real pain if I wanted to go out side of I-15 it looks like. I wish they would just get on this and start providing the service. I mean Ethanol is laughable. We sit on more natural gas in this country than corn production or even oil.
I wish I had the 4-5 k to drop on it. Knowing Jeeps though it is probably a lot more.I have heard that you have to maintain it? You can do like a combined system can't you as well?
Yeah the one in Murray is right next to where I live so it would be perfect. But a real pain if I wanted to go out side of I-15 it looks like. I wish they would just get on this and start providing the service. I mean Ethanol is laughable. We sit on more natural gas in this country than corn production or even oil.
I wish I had the 4-5 k to drop on it. Knowing Jeeps though it is probably a lot more.I have heard that you have to maintain it? You can do like a combined system can't you as well?
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There are a couple stations off I-15 there is one in Price, St George, wyoming ect. Yes some systems are dual fuel. My old truck was dual fuel. Selectabe by a switch inside the cab witch made it nice if I couldn't quite make it to the CNG station. Keep in mind with the price of fuel and tax rebate the conversion would pay for itself in no time! I have a Dmax now and I am personally debating on CNG or making my own BIO. FYI I use to tow my rig down to moab from north salt lake for $40.
Nate R
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Who are you going to have set-up your Dmax? I'd love to put a system on my Cummins but haven’t had any luck finding a shop that can do it. I've talked to the guys a Sno-Motion, I’ll just say that they are interesting and no help.
5.0explorer
Lets go splorin!
We are planning to do this to our work van and depending on how it works out I would like to do it on my v8 explorer. The price of natural gas is regulated to stay what it is till 2010 and then it goes up to $1.00 till 2015, from what I understand. For more info on conversion kits check this out: www.mycngkit.com. Their v8 kit price is $1200 plus the cost of the tanks (which are more than the kit itself! but if you look around you can find them used there are some on ksl.com right now). With the Gov. rebate and the amount of money you'll save on gas alone to me it seems very cost effective.
5.0explorer
Lets go splorin!
Most of the kits i've seen are combined so you can switch between CNG and gas. If I do it i want to mount the CNG tank in place of my factory fuel tank (or maybe get a new gas tank, cut it in half, and mount it inside then put it back together and use the factory straps to hold it.) and put a fuel cell where my spare tire is now for my gas.
Im not sure what im doing yet. Still doing research. I haven't actually found anyone yet who feels confident enough about CNG on a diesel. Although I have seen a few people out there running them. I have actually been leaning towards making my own bio. I can get a complete system for about 6k. I have a hook up on veg oil so it would only cost me about 80 cents a gal to make..
You can find some kits on KSL for cheap but they are most likely just the fogger kit not the direct injection. The fogger kits run ok but you loose about 30% HP. The direct injection kits are nice they say you don't loose any HP and you cant tell when they switch between fuels like the other kits.
Unless they make some other type of tanks you would only be able to put a 3-5 gal tank in place of your reg tank. But I could be wrong!! My buddy has his tahoe converted with a 5 gal tank mounted were the spare was and it hangs 6-8'' below the rear bumper.
You can buy old fleet vehicles from questar. Most of the trucks already have the conversion done. I have personally bought one and it was a good truck... Here's a link http://www.questarsurplus.com/SBid/VE_Vehicles/vehicles.html
soda blaster
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- Saratoga Springs
We run cng now I love it. The hardest part is knowing where to find cng at. our van gets about 1 hundred miles between fill ups. But as far as sno-motion goes they may be good at conversions but diagnostics is not there thing. I never got a rebate check on our van how do you go about getting that?
