You may be interested to know that I converted my 2003 Charade to run on LPG last July (2009). It was done by a company called Autogas Solutions. It cost £1000, but now I'm using LPG at 53.9 p/l instead of petrol at 109.9 p/l (Morrisons prices). The car runs perfectly well - no problems other than a gas pipe rattling against the car's bulkhead, which I fixed myself. It does about 40mpg on LPG instead of the 50mpg I get on petrol (round figures) so that has to be factored into the equation. I calculate the payback will take me about two and a half years.
My original Sirion battery died a week ago. When I took it to the shop the mechanic explained to me that the Sirion uses an expensive, dedicated small battery. He suggested installing a generic battery, which is physically larger, but significantly cheaper. This required sawing off parts of the battery carriage. I decided to go for it, hoping there wouldn't be any repercussions down the road.
* Does anyone have experience doing this?
* Could this be possibly harmful to anything else under the hood?
I have currently amased some modifications to my YRV turbo, and now looking to have the ECU mapped to take advantage of these upgrades. I am under the impression the standard ECU on the YRV cannot be mapped or can it?
Also doing some research and asking others here on the forums it appears that there are other options available:
i know its a common question but i cant find a definitive, decent answer. im looking for some wheel spacers for a sportrak, but i cant find anywhere to buy them, the only ones i can find are these on ebay. does anyone know if they are any good
Hey i'm looking for a snorkel for my sportrak its a M reg 1.6L. do you know where i can get one from. or if anyone else has made one, how did you do it and how easy was it
any help would be much appreciated (photos could be helpful if possible)
cheers
ok I can't decide what to do with the turbo, I have Garrett T25 lying in the garage and was thinking of replacing the IHI RHF3 turbo with it but not sure if it is a good idea and if it will make more power.
I have enquired around and awaiting responses from Eibach and Tein. Apex and G&M apparently do not make springs for the YRV Turbo. So far these are the responses that are available:
25mm lowering springs:
PI springs at £129.19 delivered
Spax at £116.22 delivered
