take me to school....PROPANE

[Strokethis9]

Ok some of you may have read my thread that i started a couple days ago about a bigger turbo for a little more power for my truck....what about propane...would i have to go with bigger headstuds...would it be a waste of time if i didnt upgrade my injectors and turbo....i'm just tryin to get a more out of what i got i want to do more mod i just do not want to drop money in for headstuds for that much power. i've even thought about upgrading my fuel system...tell me what you think or what you think i should do because i'm lost at this point.

[rankroddin250]

if you have pmr rods head studs will be the least of your worries. propane is the quickest way to put a window in your block. just my 2 cents.

[haulin99spd]

yea id go with the water/methonal injection...............................

[99Smokin73Stroker]

Most people really don't like propane as a big power adder. It's supposedly excellent for increasing mpg's though, but I wouldn't use it at the track or pulling the sled.

[haulin99spd]

yea if you want a window to look through your block propane is the way to go, on the other hand you want to add a little power and keep egt's in check water/meth all the way..............

[Strokethis9]

ok i really know nothing about water/meth can someone tell me about it...sorry i don't know that much about this stuff

[DKR]

Not too experienced with it, but my father-in-law has been running a propane system on his PMR block for most of his 100,000 miles. He doesnt run it all out and has only done the track for about 3 or 4 passes. He mostly runs it light to help with MPG while towing or long highway runs to Florida. He doesnt run it daily, and rarely cranks it up though.

Just throwing that out there.

[99Smokin73Stroker]

You can window your block with any power adder, even more fuel, just to make that clear. I've never read anywhere that said propane will window your block a thousand times faster than anything else.

You're not going to put a hole in it running propane as a mpg booster, either. Used in moderation it will be fine. But, as I said I wouldn't pick it for big power gains at the track or hooked to the sled, or on a dyno.

[CSIPSD]

Originally Posted by 99Smokin73Stroker

You can window your block with any power adder, even more fuel, just to make that clear. I've never read anywhere that said propane will window your block a thousand times faster than anything else.

You're not going to put a hole in it running propane as a mpg booster, either. Used in moderation it will be fine. But, as I said I wouldn't pick it for big power gains at the track or hooked to the sled, or on a dyno.

ProPAIN... in any moderation equals high Cylinder pressures... Just a fact.


Dont do it.

[99Smokin73Stroker]

How different is it than N20 or W/M? Don't those raise cylinder pressures too???