Best Location for injecting drugs?
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I have a propane setup on my truck now and I have the propane going into the intake tube (where the filter minder used to be). Is there any advantage to putting a nipple on the intake and going in that location?? Does it make any difference?
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Do you have yours going into the intake tube as well? I was just hoping not to have the problem of smelling the gas under the hood anymore. There are times at a stoplight when I can smell the propane. I dont need to turn my truck into an IED. If it were going into the intake manifold directly it would have no way to escape. Does anyone else do this?
Yes mine does go down the intake tube and I have never smelled propane gas fumes in and around my hood area. you should have no propane injecting when idling and very little at 5lbs boost. it don't take much for it to work. Too much can cause detenation.
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I am careful on listening for detonation and have been running it for a long time I just wonder sometimes if there is a safer location to get it into the engine. I need to change the setup so it doesnt come on so early in the boost curve. Thanks.
I've never tried propane and don't know if there is enough propane in the propane-air mix to explode but, if it is, it seems like the intake tube pre-turbo wouldn't be the safest place to inject it. You have a bunch of thin-wall tubes and a large intercooler pressurized with a propane-air mix. A blown endcap on the intercooler might be an amazing site with a setup like that. A turbo failure might also be quite a bit more interesting. Those are the kinds of failures you might run into more often when running propane and this setup could make it a lot more damaging if the mix is explosive enough. Just my two cents.
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The amount used is a very lean propane/air mixture (below the LEL (lower explosive limit) and can not ignite on it's own. I am amazed sometimes at the scenerio's that people can imagine.
These kinds of things just don't happen. Manufactured propane systems are very safe. They have to be.!!
Propane is fuel, just like # 2. Drugs can be catagorized as nitrous and methanol. Only time propane resembles "drugs" is when you run out your frantically looking for more!!
Propane fumigation is not intended to be used like nitrous.
As with anything, a little is good, more doesn't mean better or even necessarily more power.
gdh11,
It has to be introduced pre-turbo. Anywhere between the filter and the turbo, or about 6-8 inches from the turbo is best. You could install a fitting in the tube beyond the airbox if you prefer. The turbo does act as the mixer to be sure it is evenly distributed throughout. Put it after, and it would only hit one or two cylinders and you can see what would happen there.
You really should not be smelling propane. Is it coming from under the hood or do you smell it in the cab?? Also is it a burned propane smell or unburned propane smell??
The start time shouldn't be any lower than around 2 psi so there is no chance that it flows at idle. You want to have some boost pressure present to support the propane flow.
These kinds of things just don't happen. Manufactured propane systems are very safe. They have to be.!!Propane is fuel, just like # 2. Drugs can be catagorized as nitrous and methanol. Only time propane resembles "drugs" is when you run out your frantically looking for more!!
Propane fumigation is not intended to be used like nitrous.
As with anything, a little is good, more doesn't mean better or even necessarily more power.
gdh11,
It has to be introduced pre-turbo. Anywhere between the filter and the turbo, or about 6-8 inches from the turbo is best. You could install a fitting in the tube beyond the airbox if you prefer. The turbo does act as the mixer to be sure it is evenly distributed throughout. Put it after, and it would only hit one or two cylinders and you can see what would happen there.
You really should not be smelling propane. Is it coming from under the hood or do you smell it in the cab?? Also is it a burned propane smell or unburned propane smell??
The start time shouldn't be any lower than around 2 psi so there is no chance that it flows at idle. You want to have some boost pressure present to support the propane flow.
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Okay, thanks for the info. After your post I think I will move the inlet port further down closer to the turbo. I also think I need to adjust the start point of the propane injection. Thanks for the info and sorry for the wrong use of the term "drugs". I use my truck mostly for towing but am hoping to take it down the track someday and will be turning up my flow on the propane for that use, I just wanted to be safe. No need in taking unecessary risks.
Originally Posted by Badunit
I've never tried propane and don't know if there is enough propane in the propane-air mix to explode but, if it is, it seems like the intake tube pre-turbo wouldn't be the safest place to inject it. You have a bunch of thin-wall tubes and a large intercooler pressurized with a propane-air mix. A blown endcap on the intercooler might be an amazing site with a setup like that. A turbo failure might also be quite a bit more interesting. Those are the kinds of failures you might run into more often when running propane and this setup could make it a lot more damaging if the mix is explosive enough. Just my two cents.
So your not getting any propane injected if theres no Boost which powershot claim to be a very ssafe system and I use my full time to get that 25 mpgs at 50-55 mph cruising.
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I am trying to make as much power as possible however I can.
Nothing like grilling out the tail pipe which people have told me they can smell the burned propane.
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