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#52 of 59 Re: CNG conversion kits for 4-runner [mr_interfuel] by gub Oct 28, 2008 (7:38 am)
Replying to: mr_interfuel (Sep 09, 2008 4:29 pm) Good for you. I'm in St Louis. Only cng gas station according to the internet is our regional natural gas company, Laclede Gas. Any suggestions how I could get a Civic GX. This filling station is only about 1 mile from where I work. Do you have a Phill at home? Thanks. Bob Replies to this message: freedml (Oct 28, 2008 7:54 am)
#53 of 59 Re: CNG conversion kits for 4-runner [gub] by freedml Oct 28, 2008 (7:54 am)
Replying to: gub (Oct 28, 2008 7:38 am) New you can try to buy from your local Honda dealer fleet dept. Or you can buy long distance from a GX dealer in CA or NY.   Used you can buy on the internet.   I have a Phill. The convenience is great, but the cost and service from Fuelmaker is not. They may refuse to service a unit in your area, but you can look for another model online (FMQ, FM4) and there is probably a Fuelmaker dealer in your area who will service it.
#55 of 59 Re: CNG conversion kits for 4-runner [ozzky] by freedml Nov 02, 2008 (11:13 pm)
Once you understand what the system is doing, you will be far less impressed with it (and yourself).   You are using the excess electricity the alternator creates to dissociate the water into H2 and O2 creating 'hot gas' which you can add to your fuel mixture (gasoline or Natural Gas, doesn't matter). As long as you are not putting additional load on the alternator you will see fuel economy go up. If you start putting additional load on the alternator to create more hot gas, you will see fuel economy stay the same or even go down.   Making H2 takes a lot of energy. If the energy is free and available (as some is in your alternator), go to town. But once you have to start paying for it, it is uneconomical.   The most efficient way to make H2 now is from Methane (Natural Gas). It is capital intensive, wastes energy, and no one knows what to do with the CO2 anyway (doesn't bother me, but it bothers the Al Gore afficionados).
#59 of 59 Converted Vehicle to CNG by gottgreen Mar 14, 2009 (8:34 pm)
We just converted our 2003 Jeep Wrangler to a CNG vehicle...we wrote an article about it with photos and posted it on our website at: www.coachellavalleygreen.com

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