CNG convetions?

[Shawn Anderson]

I scored a beater v10 f250 not a bad ride for the price and should be a good tow rig. Kinda looking into CNG convertions, anybody here done one? I think I want to try this.

[milner351]

Crown Vics were available from the factory as CNG - the trick would be finding one in a yard to rob the parts from....

[SpiderGearsMan]

you in the wholesale used car business ?

[milner351]

Shawn - you could always do a cummins conversion.... Natural gas refueling stations aren't even as common as E85 stations?

keep your eyes out for a rusty clapped out dodge diesel - unfortunately lots of folks are so you'll have to be in the right place at the right time.

[SpiderGearsMan]

why not a power stroke ?? hahahahah

[Shawn Anderson]

you in the wholesale used car business ?

Feels like that some times! I work in nataural gas exsploration

[Shawn Anderson]

Shawn - you could always do a cummins conversion.... Natural gas refueling stations aren't even as common as E85 stations?

keep your eyes out for a rusty clapped out dodge diesel - unfortunately lots of folks are so you'll have to be in the right place at the right time.

There seems to a couple CNG staions in your area and grand rapids, lookss like home stations are not worth it. But wonder if more stations are coming.

[TC]

Crown Vics were available from the factory as CNG - the trick would be finding one in a yard to rob the parts from....

Yap check AZ for stuff like that, for a bunch of years the cops were running around in CNG powered cars, plus many of the state and county cars were CNG powered......

[SpiderGearsMan]

my DOT inspector had a state CNG honda
the nat gas dos not have much range

[dieselgeek]

EPA is making it too expensive to run a diesel, in a few years dry fuels will be more available than e85 ever dreamed of being.

[Aircooled]

I started writing a response about how CNG doesn't make any economic sense because, at least in Houston, the 2 retailers always marked the price up to match the gasoline equivalent. But low and behold, I decided to check today, and found out that there are now 4 retailers in Houston selling CNG for between $2.19 and $2.24 a GGE (Gasoline Gallon Equivalent). That's about 35% discount to regular in this city. Than's a nice discount, but the limited range of CNG tanks and only 4 stations in a city of 5 million is still an obstacle.

Edit: On a Diesel Gallon Equivalent, CNG prices out at $2.92