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Old 10 May 2006, 05:04 PM
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Is lpg convertions a good or bad idea on impreza's? Please give reasons.
Old 10 May 2006, 05:05 PM
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IMHO Lpg isnt good for anything.. It takes thousands of miles to recoup any kind of saving, plus you get less valve lubrication with the LPG.
Old 10 May 2006, 05:07 PM
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reduced boot space
Old 10 May 2006, 05:42 PM
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Bad idea, it won't be cheap forever once the government removes the tax break on it.
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has anyone ever done this? or am I looking into a stupid idea?
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valve regression is very common on the exhaust valves on subarus, i've done a couple of h6's and foresters for this problem. even the proper lpg kit that subaru released where the vehicle is specced for it at the factory so they got the lpg ready heads and valves are not that good they still regress but not as fast.
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It's only worth having a lpg conversion if you buy a car with it fitted already! Because its going to cost around 1500pounds or so to have it fitted and you probs won't even own the car long enough to start saving on it!

Plus when it comes to selling your car, the conversions not going to raise the price either! if anything I think it will be harder to sell a Impreza thats lpg converted.

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Old 11 December 2009, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by silverscooby09
has anyone ever done this? or am I looking into a stupid idea?
Yeah ive seen a few Subarus that are LPG converted, theres one on ebay atm but this is a non turbo:
2004 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX/STI REPLICA ON LPG on eBay (end time 17-Dec-09 17:03:44 GMT)

I've seen a few turbos that have had the conversion too though!
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Please search - there are several threads on this subject, some with sensible comments.
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