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Farmer_Joe
January 30th, 2006, 04:39
Anybody have any experience with this or read something about it?

I was told that a 20% mix adds noteable hp and gives a better, longer - more complete burn on all the fuel in the cyl without drying out the cyl. Never any smoke, even after the start of the next shift.

I'm having an inframe done right now on a E7 427 Mack and I had asked if a 460hp engine kit and a simple recalibration of the ECM was all that was necessary? Apparently not possible, additionally it would take a different turbo, different "E" package and something else that escapes my memory at the moment. It sounded very expensive so I bought the 427 kit.

Having an e-switch on the dash to turn it on in the hillls for a little extra power would be nice. I suppose it would also be necessary to have an auto shut off for when the rpm's dropped below a certain limit in case it was forgotten on, just like the jake.

Capt._Chaos
January 30th, 2006, 08:00
FJ, several months ago Hot Rod Magazine did an article about diesel pickups being set up for drag racing.

I'm trying to find a link, but I remember reading about most of the pickups using propane injection systems.

ROADHUGGER
January 30th, 2006, 18:40
Farmer Joe there was a company called GREAT LAKES DIESEL in Buffalo NY that did PROPANE injection installations back in the 90's , knew 1 guy who had it done to a 425 CAt and was happy with the increase in power , also added a propane bunk heater that ran off the same tank.

SLH had a few Kenworths running over the mountains into BC from Calgary that had the propane injection systems and they seemed to do ok.