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Old May 1, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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Greetings, my fellow Subaru maniacs!

I am considering buying an Impreza or Forester in near future, but somehow fuel bills are putting me off. Not to mention, around here decent Super Unleaded is hard to find.

So I have been thinking about instaling LPG conversion, but LPG does not lubricate or cool down enough valve seats, so I am having second and third thoughts.
Some LPG instalers promise me tha new sequential gas injection is perfect for Scooby's flat four turbo, but as they don't provide full engine guarantee for any damage done by coversion, I am bit concerned!

Do you know anyone who has actually succesfuly converted his/hers Scooby turbo to LPG?

Thank you for any advice!
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Old May 2, 2005 | 02:00 AM
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Not Subaru specific but there was a recent discussion about this on the Fiat Coupe site - www.fccuk.org. The car in question is actually a Nissan 200SX which does 25K miles a year.

Some good info. on prices, equipment and experiences.
FCCUK thread

J.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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YES it works and i have done over 20k on lpg in a leggy turbo total mileage 170k!!

I have had no problems other than plug changes more often which hurts my hands trying to get to them!!
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Old May 11, 2005 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by pugoetru
YES it works and i have done over 20k on lpg in a leggy turbo total mileage 170k!!

I have had no problems other than plug changes more often which hurts my hands trying to get to them!!
Cool!
Do you have 2.0 turbo in leggy? Which LPG system?

No overheating, missfiring, unstable idle? How many mpg do you manage?

I am thinking buying about new '05 Impreza WRX, but considering how bad roads around here are (and the fact that I would need biggest possible LPG tank,to keep decent range), '05 Forester 2.5 Turbo would be better option.
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