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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Martin Nash on 01 February 2011, 03:56:45
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I have had my Omega Elite 3ltr converted to LPG back in December 2010. The Company who did the conversion were Profess Autogas, they Only use AC STAG Conversion kits this Company being Polish, the Owner of the Company Andrew along with the Mechanics who install the kit are also Polish. I would fully reccomend this company, very pleased with the quality of the conversion also the price this being £1100. Before the Omega was converted on a full tank costing around £80 it would cover approx 340 miles that being mainly dual carriageway and Motorway with very little around Town, now I get approx 300-320 miles filling up with 75ltrs in the 85ltr tank fitted this cost just over £55 like I said earlier very pleased with the conversion I must also add that I did my homework before proceeding with this Company there are some Companys out the that will tell you that there conversion kit is the best and that others are all cowboys!!! so that they get your hard earned cash. Hope that this helps should any Members be thinking of converting there Omega something I forgot! to add my insurance Company More than gave me a 10% discount once they recieved a copy of the conversion certificate.
Martin
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Not really the place for such a recommendation, so will move to a chat area.
Glad you are happy with your conversion.
That said, one mans bread is another mans poison, and we have seen the occasional good, and some very poor installs here.
By any chance have any of the 'oof lpg crew' seen it? be very interested in their opinions, and have you any pics of your engine bay so we can see an overview ourselves?
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
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I must admit, this is somewhere Teilo has mentioned to me as producing good work. He said that they basically throw 3 blokes at it early am and work non-stop till it's done :o I still have slight concerns over whether they remove the manifold though :-*
I'd be interested in seeing you conversion Martin... Be an interesting comparison to the DIY conversions with the same kit :y
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I must admit, this is somewhere Teilo has mentioned to me as producing good work. He said that they basically throw 3 blokes at it early am and work non-stop till it's done :o I still have slight concerns over whether they remove the manifold though :-*
I'd be interested in seeing you conversion Martin... Be an interesting comparison to the DIY conversions with the same kit :y
Lazydocker, LPG conversion garages here sometimes reach 60-70 vehicles/day (not cars as some of them are huge SUVs) and they have no chance to do the job in more than a day.. and most of the time, they do it with 1 person.. but they work until late night like 9 -10 pm.. and of course they drill the manifold in situ.. :(
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
Never heard of it. But chatting to my approved installer most inlet manifolds are plastic on newer cars theses days anyway.
I would like to see v6 manifolds drilled in situ, and still get the injector nozzles sited near the petrol injectors. Not a hope. Has to come off surely.
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would be interested to know if the range rover manifold is plastic.If it isnt........... :o
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And what's the compressor for in the boot? Is that standard on a Landy? Or Rangy I should say...
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break nose. :-/ :D..........even with a plastic fanimold, I wouldnt have thought having a load of plastic swarf floating about in the engine is going to do it much good. :-/
Once it gets near the combustion chamber, surely it will melt and stick to things ?
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And what's the compressor for in the boot? Is that standard on a Landy? Or Rangy I should say...
I believe it is the suspension pump
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
Never heard of it. But chatting to my approved installer most inlet manifolds are plastic on newer cars theses days anyway.
I would like to see v6 manifolds drilled in situ, and still get the injector nozzles sited near the petrol injectors. Not a hope. Has to come off surely.
Does not make sense, you have to take the plenum off anyway to drill & tap the injectors, why not spend literally the extra 5 mins and take the injector manifold off?
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
Never heard of it. But chatting to my approved installer most inlet manifolds are plastic on newer cars theses days anyway.
I would like to see v6 manifolds drilled in situ, and still get the injector nozzles sited near the petrol injectors. Not a hope. Has to come off surely.
Does not make sense, you have to take the plenum off anyway to drill & tap the injectors, why not spend literally the extra 5 mins and take the injector manifold off?
Not all cars are Omegas ;) ;) ;)
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
Never heard of it. But chatting to my approved installer most inlet manifolds are plastic on newer cars theses days anyway.
I would like to see v6 manifolds drilled in situ, and still get the injector nozzles sited near the petrol injectors. Not a hope. Has to come off surely.
Does not make sense, you have to take the plenum off anyway to drill & tap the injectors, why not spend literally the extra 5 mins and take the injector manifold off?
Not all cars are Omegas ;) ;) ;)
True, but when converting the V6 Omega its worth the 5 mins extra work!
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
yep ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
the drill bit is working in reverse direction and taking the cuts out blah blah blah ;D ;D
thats a big lie.. I dont see anything coming out.. ;D >:(
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These lot seem happy with the conversion by this company as well.
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic3659.html
Steve
It says they dont remove the manifold, they use some kind of vacuum drill.Anyone heard of such a thing ?? :-/
Never heard of it. But chatting to my approved installer most inlet manifolds are plastic on newer cars theses days anyway.
I would like to see v6 manifolds drilled in situ, and still get the injector nozzles sited near the petrol injectors. Not a hope. Has to come off surely.
Does not make sense, you have to take the plenum off anyway to drill & tap the injectors, why not spend literally the extra 5 mins and take the injector manifold off?
Not all cars are Omegas ;) ;) ;)
on some newish model cars , the gasket is for one time use, once you take it you need to use a new one
and the time required is not that short..
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Profess Autogas drill into the manifold using a drill with a specialist tool for removing any metal debris they will not remove the manifold as this could cause other problems especially with the head gasket!! will provide pictures later so that you can get a good look at the engine fittings and the 85ltr tank.
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Profess Autogas drill into the manifold using a drill with a specialist tool for removing any metal debris they will not remove the manifold as this could cause other problems especially with the head gasket!! will provide pictures later so that you can get a good look at the engine fittings and the 85ltr tank.
I'm sorry, but to claim that removing a manifold can affect the head gasket in any way is total rubbish. They do it because it saves them time at the expense of doing a proper job.
Kevin
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an awful lot of inlet manifolds are water heated, put it back with an undetected leak and see what happens.i have seen the quality of this outfits work and it is top notch. :y :)
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Profess Autogas drill into the manifold using a drill with a specialist tool for removing any metal debris they will not remove the manifold as this could cause other problems especially with the head gasket!! will provide pictures later so that you can get a good look at the engine fittings and the 85ltr tank.
Utter crap!
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an awful lot of inlet manifolds are water heated, put it back with an undetected leak and see what happens.i have seen the quality of this outfits work and it is top notch. :y :)
As I said earlier... I heard good things about them :y
That said, I would be really uncomfortable with having a metal inlet manifold drilled in situ :( :(
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Going to be difficult to drill V6 in situ anyway, as chrisgixer says.
Other option is those drill-free injector adapters, though suspect they are sub-optimal, either on LPG or petrol.
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Going to be difficult to drill V6 in situ anyway, as chrisgixer says.
Other option is those drill-free injector adapters, though suspect they are sub-optimal, either on LPG or petrol.
They may well drill further up and use straws though :-/
Still wouldn't be happy to have my metal inlet manifold drilled in situ
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Going to be difficult to drill V6 in situ anyway, as chrisgixer says.
Other option is those drill-free injector adapters, though suspect they are sub-optimal, either on LPG or petrol.
They may well drill further up and use straws though :-/
Still wouldn't be happy to have my metal inlet manifold drilled in situ
Straws are a shite idea, wince.
Most of us are used to removing the the plenum and inlet anyway, so its no biggy. Just add drilling and tapping, screw the nozzles in fit the pipes and refit.....fit the injector block the cable tray bracket and fuel rail brackets, run the fuel lines to the filter then vaporiser on the drivers wing having removed the winter pump that does bog all anyway, plumb the coolant pipes in series between block exit and hbv. Fit the loom ecu and vac referance gubbins to the T to servo pipe, get Kevin to solder into the loom ( that bit scares me) front end done. Simples. Or it is on a 3.2/2.6 anyway. Pita for space on the 3.0/2.5.
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Going to be difficult to drill V6 in situ anyway, as chrisgixer says.
Other option is those drill-free injector adapters, though suspect they are sub-optimal, either on LPG or petrol.
They may well drill further up and use straws though :-/
Still wouldn't be happy to have my metal inlet manifold drilled in situ
Straws are a shite idea, wince.
Most of us are used to removing the the plenum and inlet anyway, so its no biggy. Just add drilling and tapping, screw the nozzles in fit the pipes and refit.....fit the injector block the cable tray bracket and fuel rail brackets, run the fuel lines to the filter then vaporiser on the drivers wing having removed the winter pump that does bog all anyway, plumb the coolant pipes in series between block exit and hbv. Fit the loom ecu and vac referance gubbins to the T to servo pipe, get Kevin to solder into the loom ( that bit scares me) front end done. Simples. Or it is on a 3.2/2.6 anyway. Pita for space on the 3.0/2.5.
Sorry, wondered off all on me own then... ;D
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Going to be difficult to drill V6 in situ anyway, as chrisgixer says.
Other option is those drill-free injector adapters, though suspect they are sub-optimal, either on LPG or petrol.
They may well drill further up and use straws though :-/
Still wouldn't be happy to have my metal inlet manifold drilled in situ
Straws are a shite idea, wince.
Most of us are used to removing the the plenum and inlet anyway, so its no biggy. Just add drilling and tapping, screw the nozzles in fit the pipes and refit.....fit the injector block the cable tray bracket and fuel rail brackets, run the fuel lines to the filter then vaporiser on the drivers wing having removed the winter pump that does bog all anyway, plumb the coolant pipes in series between block exit and hbv. Fit the loom ecu and vac referance gubbins to the T to servo pipe, get Kevin to solder into the loom ( that bit scares me) front end done. Simples. Or it is on a 3.2/2.6 anyway. Pita for space on the 3.0/2.5.
;D ;D Access can't possible be as difficult as the MR2 injector loom - which is buried under the hood mechanism - and that wasn't all that hard to splice into.
(My soldering is still intact several years on - shame the injector connector disintegrated on No1. cyl and ended up being replaced by two miniature spade connectors :-X)
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Going to be difficult to drill V6 in situ anyway, as chrisgixer says.
Other option is those drill-free injector adapters, though suspect they are sub-optimal, either on LPG or petrol.
They may well drill further up and use straws though :-/
Still wouldn't be happy to have my metal inlet manifold drilled in situ
Straws are a shite idea, wince.
Most of us are used to removing the the plenum and inlet anyway, so its no biggy. Just add drilling and tapping, screw the nozzles in fit the pipes and refit.....fit the injector block the cable tray bracket and fuel rail brackets, run the fuel lines to the filter then vaporiser on the drivers wing having removed the winter pump that does bog all anyway, plumb the coolant pipes in series between block exit and hbv. Fit the loom ecu and vac referance gubbins to the T to servo pipe, get Kevin to solder into the loom ( that bit scares me) front end done. Simples. Or it is on a 3.2/2.6 anyway. Pita for space on the 3.0/2.5.
That sounds quite like one of Mr DTM,s - just pop the heads off, or just pop the cranskshaft out, comments. ::) :D ;D