LPG/Petrol conversion

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Greetings. This is my first posting.

I'm am from the USA and own a 2003 Subaru Baja Ute. 2.5l N/A 5 speed.

Here are some photos of my car and some of my modifications I've done to it.

http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd14 … at/Subaru/

Since LPG conversions are popular in OZ I was wondering if any of you guys have converted your Libertys to run on gasoline and LPG.

I would like to do this but the main issue slowing me down is refueling since LPG conversions have yet to catch on here.  Unless it’s a prefilled 20# BBQ grill
Cylinder, I’ve yet to see a propane filling pump at a gasoline station.

Is so much easier to swipe your credit card at the pump, refuel and be on your merry way within a few minutes. Plus you can do this 24 hours a day.

With LPG, I would have to refuel between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday through Friday. I might be able to find some LPG dealers
Open on Saturdays but most places like this close before noon. Also this would most likely require 15 minutes of my time. When you have a propane
Tank filled here in the US, you usually walk into an office, pay someone and they hand you a ticket/receipt. Then drive over to the storage tank, show the ticket to the guy
And he fills the tank for you. And most likely you have to wait in line. So doing a dual fuel conversion would be a must.

One device I was looking at was called a BLOS mixture from Poland. This would allow a dual/fuel system and requires no electronics.

One of my main questions is how to switch between one fuel and another. Switching to LPG would be a no-brainer. Just activate the solenoid valve at the tank. But
How would you switch off from running gasoline? My thought was to use to twoi rocker switches and kill power to the fuel pump and open the solenoid  at the LPG tank at the same time. But what would happen on a computer control engine? Would it
Kill the ignition as well or just kick on the check engine light?

jseabolt
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Re: LPG/Petrol conversion

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Mate, this forum can be quiet sometimes but I dont know of any Libs that have been converted. I have thought about doing it myself as it is a lot cheaper to run but you will loose boot space to the lpg bottle. Conversions are pretty common here on other cars and the government here did offer a rebate to people wanting to do it. I guess we are kind of lucky as Gas (lpg) is found at every petrol station. Here in Aus, we are required to have the whole conversion undertaken by a mechanic who is qualified in lpg conversions. All conversions, as far as I am aware, are dual. I have read of some wrx cars running lpg with good power as a result of the higher octane levels that lpg allows. You may have better luck asking on a general aussie car forum.

Btw, nice looking Legacy. Have you cut the back off to make it into a ute?

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Legacy GT-B
Custom 3inch catback
High flow cat
Fujitsubo diff back
Zerosports metal intake elbow
Cusco front strut brace
Cusco front and rear swaybars
Apexi boost gauge
Turbosmart BOV :)

Re: LPG/Petrol conversion

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No Big Will, it's a Baja, that's how they are built.
They come in turbo also.

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The Baja was Subaru's poor attempt at bringing back the popular selling Brat. They were supposed to have built 30,000 a year at their Indiana USA plant but only ended up building 30,000 over a course of 4 years and the 5th year were leftover models. From 2003 to 2007. From what I understand the ones that couldn't be sold, Subaru found a market for in Chile.

The car was marketed toward the "outdoor crowd". You can get all sorts of attachments to haul a canoe, skis, two difference bike racks. It has a door called a "switchback" where you can lay the rear seat down and open a small door to haul long items.

The car was poorly advertised for one thing. Also you could buy a full size 4 wheel Chevrolet pickup for US$ 2,000 less. Bigger vehicle but not as nice and not as many options.

Another bad thing is in the US and Canada where the car was marketed, the standard size of most building materials like a sheet of plywood or polystyrene insulation is 4 feet X 8 feet which are the deminsions of a full size pickup truck bed and there is no way to "safely" haul something like this in a Baja. The bed is not wide enough. Or at least I haven't found a way to haul a sheet of plywood.

Although I did haul a queen size mattress and boxsprings one time strapped down with bungee cords. It was hanging off the back of the car but made it 40 miles without falling off!

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