Originally Posted by
Shannon.cummins
Diesel all the way. Much better economy, torque, an availability for fuel. How much is he selling it for? Just curious.
I am currently doing a similar swap, with a Cummins 2.8l, and an Allison 1000 six speed tranny into a 2003 Disco.
I'll be really interested to know how that works out.....are you doing it yourself?
You should drive the 110 with a V8......a friend put in a 3.9L (not a 3.5) V8 into his 110.....it can become very addictive, however, you are absolutely correct about the availability of fuel issue.
My line of thinking was this.....
I heard....now, I have no knowledge of this.......that the LPG conversion can easily be modified to allow the system to use CNG instead. CNG here is about $1 a gallon. There is not much difference between LPG and gasoline, at least the last time I checked, but with CNG costing less than half the cost of gasoline, I figure......not a bad idea!
I came across something on a UK website about the relative cost of LPG, and it make's very interesting reading....now, in this example, for us at least, I would substitute CNG for LPG, as in the UK, LPG is a lot cheaper than gasoline.
From autogas.co.uk:
Off road large 4x4 car:
Averaging 15 mpg over 30000 miles.
Petrol price 1.19p per litre
LPG price 0.63p per litre
You lose twenty percent MPG due to the calorific difference of LPG against petrol so with this worked out you will save based on the above £3654.70, which is an equivalent mpg of 23mpg.