robbie
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Any of you guys ever run a go kart on propane?
I know a guy in Topeka who runs a full size van on natural gas. The federal government has a rule about operating a certain percentage of their fleet on low-emissions fuels, so their normal fleet runs on gasoline and diesel, and they buy extra vehicles which they don't use, which run on natural gas. Then they sell each vehicle when it reaches a certain age and they buy new ones. My friend bought this van with under 20,000 miles on it. He also got a World War II era flamethrower pump to fill the cylinder from his home gas line. He runs this vehicle for a couple of cents per mile. Unfortunately he can't take it on road trips because there's nowhere to fill it.
There is a similar thing commercially available over here, however the equipment cost is huge ( around 20k from memory) and as you mentioned, refilling is an issue. We do have buses running on CNG but the ones I've seen are Government owned so I guess the cost isn't a problem...
The propane setup I referred to earlier on is for one constant speed, you would need a different setup on a go kart because of the varying throttle positions.
As mentioned, a Google search will reveal loads of info.
There is a similar thing commercially available over here, however the equipment cost is huge ( around 20k from memory) and as you mentioned, refilling is an issue.
Thanks for the tip about google. It looks like a pretty useful website. I'll have to bookmark it.
Seriously? It's my homepage!
I just did. this thread was the first to come up.