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Anyone who has done a LPG conversion on a tb42 carby, whats the power difference, millage, did a turbo or not?

just bought a 1990 lwb Safari with a carby TB42, i know these things a bit thirsty on gas, looking into LPG converting it, whether its feasible or not. Found these guys http://www.gasresearch.com.au/ see they got a kit for this engine. had a poke round forums couldn't find anything specific on LPG on TB42.

Any info welcom

Thanks in advance

Hamz

hi TB42s go well on lpg (i had one) lots of government TBC and TBI patrols were fitted new ,but youd need to be doing afew k,s to consider fitting a new lpg kit ,my TB42EFI patrol and runs was liter for liter with the TD42's
(coal burners) so not bad on gas at all and a lot more GO GO

if its an early carby truck I'd doubt an LPG kit would make much difference to its value and at a guess it would probably cost $3k-$4k to buy a new kit and have it fitted and certified, might be more economic to use that money to upgrade to a newer more fuel efficent truck

Sadam_Husain wrote:if its an early carby truck I'd doubt an LPG kit would make much difference to its value and at a guess it would probably cost $3k-$4k to buy a new kit and have it fitted and certified, might be more economic to use that money to upgrade to a newer more fuel efficent truck

Yeah, that was considered, I did have a Isuzu wizard which was more modern and quite efficient if driven properly. But I got into the 4wd scene and started getting scartches and dents and didn't want to do anymore damage and go harder, so I got a saf with the mindset that I'm not going to worry about dings and dongs and just have fun. I do want to use it as a daily but for now will just sit in drive way waiting for the next run, which is its likely to stay that way. And will probably get a td42 in the future. Just considering my options, still want decent off road power and try to get the word efficient or cheap(er) in there...