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How to setup and tune with LPG (Liquid Propane Gas) liquid injection with Tyrone Smith from Motorsport Electronics.
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[@Gooie69]

@R h Hahaha it's running a Motec not a Microtech. See you on Bench Torque.

[@Gooie69]

@R h wtf has turbo taxi got to do with anything? The fact that scotty blows up everything he touches and can't get the thing to do a 10 says it all.

[@d_zamb573]

@R h not being phased out at all. Scaled back yes but plenty of servos still being built with it.

[@d_zamb573]

Fantastic video. LPG is such an underrated fuel. Aussie made, 100 octane and cleaner, $1 a less cheaper in VIC right now.

[@Gooie69]

@@d_zamb573 but lpg systems dont work according to R H. Guess my 3rz hilux has been running on fairy dust since 2003.

[@mikenolan3060]

Only fullboost can make a 40 min video about LPG and make it interesting the whole time. Cheers fellas learnt a lot with this one

[@danielbrealey2924]

Yeah, it was pretty good! I've been a qualified LPG installer for about 15 of my 21 years in the trade. This was comprehensively thought out. I could only imagine what he's charged the customer for all this. There's some serious hours in this set up, and years of knowledge from him

[@sasslem8964]

No thankyou Nollsy

[@Brendan.Wheatley]

Very much similar to a John Cadogan video!

[@hokirwinsor8775]

Fucken Nolsy

[@whatisanamelol]

Yee yee nah nah you're right

[@philb386]

This would have to be one of the best Fullboost posts i have ever watched without a doubt. These days, it would seem, a lot of people struggle to legibly write an add to sell something, Tyrone Smith writes code of this calibre at smoko with a cup of coffee.

[@melbrooks5816]

What an interesting guy. No interest in converting any of my cars, but felt compelled to listen to every word he said. He should definitely become a Fullboost regular.

[@geotard]

Great to see an ex Ford Australia engineer keeping his talents in the industry. We lost so many talented engineers (current and future) when the Australian government walked away from Ford, Holden and Toyota. The flow on of skilled engineers and technical staff from this industry into other industries stopped when we lost our skilled/value add manufacturing base industries.

[@Kaegis]

Not to mention most of our top tier skilled citizens poached by the US/UK/EU during the downturn as well. Australia truly did lose out, big time.

[@screwge84]

Man, doesn’t a humble smart bloke like this make you proud to be Aussie?

[@10GTE]

Thinking the exact same thing. Zero arrogance with this guy, seems more than happy to explain everything. What a legend 👏

[@deankdx]

MIND BLOWN! This is one of those videos you'll need to watch 2 or 3 times! SO MUCH INFO, Best episode ever in terms of information and learning new technology!

[@dodgeviper89]

Glad I wasn't the only one sitting here in absolute awe of what this man is saying, came to the comments section and was not disappointed! What a legend.

[@boostbogan]

Fuck I could listen to this bloke all day! beautiful video lads, this is absolutely quality content, and im glad you didn't "condense" the video

[@tx5brent]

Having done my final thesis for my Engineering Degree on Liquid LPG injection many years ago, I found this brilliant to watch, that man is a walking book of knowledge. I'm glad he talked about the drop in intake temperature, we calculated that liquid LPG injection should have reduced intake temps by about 20 deg c in our situation, but we never got the chance to test it. I'm very glad our numbers match up.

[@tx5brent]

@@athompson8976 it sure can, but then your entire intercooler piping system is full of an extremely flammable, potentially explosive mix of LPG and air, under pressure. Any leaks anywhere in the system would be extremely dangerous. Take for example, the coupling off the turbo starts leaking, right next to a red hot exhaust manifold, it's probably going to end in a fire at least. People inject nitrous oxide pre turbo, but that's heaps less dangerous as it's not a fuel, just an oxidiser, so it would need another fuel source to start a fire/explosion

[@lyndongordon2518]

@@tx5brent, no, as with Ford Australia’s fairly awesome EcoLPI variant of their mighty “Barra” inline six, this engine’s LPG is injected as a liquid into the intake ports, just as with port (not direct) injection of petrol. So, there’s only air flowing through the intake manifold. 🚙

[@MRMOPARMAN0426]

I could listen to this dude waffle on all day. Such a goldmine of info

[@g1annzz]

Old mate Tyrone is smart AF, but imagine how smart Jim “the Oracle” must be! 😳

[@jamesbaylis9438]

Truly, next level tech here. With the ability to pretty much do anything, gather all that info and still be such a stout engine. Fantastic

[@teavstravel]

Stoaked to see Tyrone back. So knowledgeable and willing to share what he knows - love his aim to keep things as close to OE functionality too, would love to see more of his projects on here - always interesting stuff!

[@geneva760]

Always good to listen to a 'ROCKET SCIENTIST' like this guy. Have a safe and nice day all. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

[@Hezath]

This is great, great stuff! Setting up a vapour injected LPG Holden V8 currently, which will run with Haltech.

[@Hezath]

The fuel composition measuring/modelling in this is amazing. And Tyrone has explained everything so well throughout the video. I really am blown away by the efforts in this creation. Spectacular.

[@touchmynuggetballs7302]

Mind blown! This guys like a mad scientist of the lpg world

[@georgehatzi6625]

wow great video on LPG & Fuel. Excellent explanation Tyrone ex Ford Engineer. well done Fullboost as always great interview.

[@gtlegend007]

Super interesting. This man is a genius and super talented.

[@PUNCHARD800ftlb]

hats off to all that research and development for high tech lpg on a clevo

[@ryanarnold7515]

Great video! We need to get this guy on more often such smart and interesting bloke.

[@danielflack7902]

Now there's a head full of knowledge.

[@MrFathead]

I was thinking about this the other day super cool video. The guy who commissioned this engine build is awesome.

[@mickdejager3910]

So much info to take in on this research haha, quite enjoyed this tech as not much has been done by many people, the time and patience that goes into protecting the engine is awesome. Cheers for the upload mate

[@TurbineResearch]

Been waiting for a quality video on LPG

[@geotard]

I had a Gas Research setup (petrol removed) on a blue 202 with a YT alloy head back in the day. 18 cents a litre with a 110 litre tank, managed a 1000k's between fill ups. Those were the days for cheap daily performance :)

[@danielbrealey2924]

That's a BIG tank for a little bit car!!! 😉

[@paullutherborrow637]

Yeah the gas prices back in the day I remember as low as 12c per litre My old mans landscruise had twin 110litre tanks with a 350sbc

[@danielbrealey2924]

@@paullutherborrow637 Nice!

[@geotard]

​@@danielbrealey2924 VC Commodore and no petrol tank :)

[@danielbrealey2924]

@@geotard Ahh, a VC!!! I have a VC and a VH... For done reason I thought I read you had this set up in a Torrie. Don't know where I got that from now I read your comment again... 🤦😂

[@mangomcpoo475]

This was fantastic!! and that guy is a legend!!!

[@XGN-Group]

I use vaporized LPG in my car, bi-fuel converted. Honda J35Z2 5A/T swap in a Nissan Sentra B17. Been driving this swap for over 5 years and still going strong.

[@10GTE]

This is awesome guys, thanks for making this video! Can you please do a little interview with this guy telling us a bit about his career with OE engineering, how he got into it etc. Very interesting!

[@dcrichardson205]

Mr Tyrone Smith IS one very Smart Cookie,, A Gas fuel whisperer!!! (JEDI Master) Keep up the excellent work🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@campbelljenkins2380]

Hard to understand what the OZ gov is doing, drove lpg cars out of contention yet there are massive tanker loads of gas going overseas every day and massive loads of petrol coming in??

[@David__]

Many thanks for sharing so much knowledge Tyrone. :)

[@The1860th]

This is so fascinating. I’ve always been curious about LPG since it’s very rare in the US.

[@danielbrealey2924]

Is it?!? That blows my mind. What did all the Crown Vic ex cop car taxis use? Normal fuel (petrol)??? Those guys would have made so much more money if they used LPG. It used to be 1/3 the price of fuel, our government got greedy and kept pushing up the tax on it with the aim of making LPG 75% of the cost of fuel, but you use 15 - 20% more volume in gas... So it's not worth the cost of conversion now. We don't have any LOG only vehicles coming out of OE's anymore- so no more development... Kind of shame

[@kanaric]

@@danielbrealey2924 Well in the US gasoline was never expensive until recently. When I first started driving in 2002 it wasn't much more than $1 a gallon and that was in a more expensive area of the country. I'm guessing it's ridiculously expensive there? Here they have vehicles powered by methane instead. Cops all used regular "petrol" cars lol. Most of the methane vehicles are city vehicles like busses. I don't think the police even use hybrids now that i'm thinking about it. The crown vics would use regular gasoline 87 AKI which I think is 91 for you. Another thing you might think is funny is where I live on the west coast we only have 91 aki premium. I think that is 95 for you. Gas on the west coast out here is shit. It's also expensive. I looked up the average price for 95 ron in australia and I actually pay more than you do. But then again I get the tradeoff where I can basically drive a race car on the street with no inspection or emissions so we got that going for us lol

[@The1860th]

Only recently have busses been converted to methane or hybrid systems. Fuels here are super cheap. I was paying $2.43US per US gallon for our lowest grade gasoline( petrol) which is 3.7L until I moved. Now it’s $3.23 per US gallon. I’ve only seen forklifts and really old Ford Rangers use LPG.

[@danielbrealey2924]

@@The1860th Geez, fuel's still cheap compared to what we pay. For low grade stuff (91RON) I paid about $1.40 this week- but I've seen it as high as 1.70 a litre. Our highest mineral based fuel is 98RON and usually about $0.30 more a litre. The way you guys advertise octane is a lot better, with the RON+MON/2 calculation. MON is much more important than RON

[@The1860th]

@@danielbrealey2924 we get 85, 87 & 91 here at around 1650m in elevation. 91 is over well over $4USD/ gallon. Our lowest is about 3.05 and our highest grade is between 3.70 & 4.30 depending on the gas station. Still cheaper than down there but not by much

[@richards6452]

Great vid, very informative and gives insight into performance tuning

[@rickwalters6014]

Beautifully Done and a real class presentation!

[@incolink]

25 years of Motec and they just wrote OBD 2 ....I bought a motec M4 from a bloke who wrote a thesis on propane injection back in about 2005 i chewed his year off for near 2 hrs I wonder if it was that Jim bloke what an outstanding video and what an exceptional enthusiastic mastermind that bloke is ,,, Shane T level stuff its inspired me to Finnish my duel fuel build LPG E85

[@joebaxter4235]

There'll be some confused North American viewers between gas/gasoline/LPG/petrol/liquid gas.

[@danielbrealey2924]

LOL... 😂 What's not to get?!? 🤣🤣🤣

[@danielwitham1791]

Confusing Americans with names or measurements? Surely not? I mean, how dare you!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@danielbrealey2924]

@@dazaspc Really? There has been CNG (Compressed natural gas) systems developed over the years. It is much cheaper, but it's never taken off like LPG did here. That's weird, I just assumed everyone had LPG- it's always been so common here

[@omarmatter2578]

Excellent video there sir. You need to do more like this

[@bluebird8004]

Oh this is gonna be freaking good🤘 Edit: I was right. Nice upload fellas 🤙

[@paullutherborrow637]

Absolutely wicked information A very smart man to eternity

[@tomh2261]

thank you, so hard to find info, can you do one on boosted LPG.

[@christophermclean5620]

I’m also interested in boost using LPG using the falcon format. It seems like an obvious option to lengthen the lifetime of combustion engine vehicles.

[@gmcnelly2468]

Very interested in this one. got an engine build in the works.

[@Gooie69]

Having the lpg sticker on the number plate makes it easy to fill your 45kg bottles for your home in the back of your ute at the servo.

[@xozindustries7451]

I’m a little surprised that he isn’t using a bottle heater to keep the tank pressure consistent. I’ve always wanted to do a system like this with 16 injectors on a blown big block Chevy for the cooling effect

[@jkdwayne]

That is one SMART Dude!

[@monzogabbr0]

Great video!!

[@mickbrumer]

Less than a year later LPG is back to being almost half the price of petrol!

[@BWNSPTV]

I had a choice between buying the turbocharged or the naturally aspirated LPG powered version of that car with the large 4l engine. Would love to have had bought the turbo but after driving both, deciding was a no brainier. I've never regretted it, as a matter of fact I celebrate it every time I fill up & of late more than doubly so. In addition... Cost Insurance premiums saving (naturally aspirated v turbo charged) Fuel cost per litre saved (LPG v Petrol) Fuel cost of litres not used Tyres & Brakes not expended Fu(K, I owe this bloke & Deadset Legendary mates at least a metric sh!ttonne of frothies & my thanks for a decade+ of flawless performance. 👍🏼

[@pakshah5449]

Thanks, Great video And Great Job.

[@bowtiewillem]

This is one smart man👍🏻 the fact he can mix lpg and gasoline on a running engine is very impressive. I wonder if he’s familiar with Icom from Italy, I seem to remember that their injectors can make the most hp/injector on the LPI market

[@danielcarrillo1067]

Sweet stuff

[@AusHeliAdict]

Great video... Building an EFI Cleveland myself and would love to get more details on the 351 Crank Tone Wheel kit Please...

[@355sle]

Tyrones a rocket scientist!

[@Tastewithnewdrinks]

Amazing video.😍

[@cjeslicabaas3729]

Well there is a true direct lpg injection system on the market. The Prins DLM 3 system. Inject liquid lpg through the petrol injector direct in the cilinder. I think this is the best lpg solution at this moment. The vialle LPI system (like in the video) is a indirect lpg liquid injection system (works good by the way).

[@stenchcivic1515]

Brilliant!

[@njclsx4252]

Very good video boys

[@stevendurieu6938]

Awesome vid 👌👍

[@pakshah5449]

Great Job Thanks Great Video too .

[@sheel2]

I love it when you talk nerdy to me... 😆

[@fastmonaro05]

I LOVE this setup and want this for a Holden 355 setup. LPG is still cheap.

[@svenomick5857]

Well there are some very smart People on this Planet and here is one and He loves this stuff.

[@TurkVladimir]

Thanks Great Video

[@davidwindsor4632]

Very different but very neat.

[@boxy4973]

What a nice guy

[@anmolsaxena_]

this is cool

[@davidl3864]

Yay someone with a brain, so many with no idea talk about LPG

[@captainobvious9188]

Is it workable to use a solenoid valve to open static LPG injectors under higher loads in parallel with the electronic LPG injectors? Since the precise map could still be adjusted via the electronic injectors?

[@Frietpan]

sooooo could you feed nitrious true the lpg system when it runs on gasoline?

[@victorriceroni8455]

Im such a dinosaur I'm still perfectly happy with carburetors, lpg vapor mixers and manual transmissions.

[@curvs4me]

That's wild.

[@andrewhall841]

Very good and informative vid, i have researched doing a boosted liquid lpg only setup but injector flow is the issue looking at 4-450 crank hp on a 2l six (currently 300rwhp with impco blow through@24psi) i could spend hours talking LPG with Tyrone .....still thinking.

[@jackkaratsos8858]

Hi Andrew exact same situation... have a blow through gas research 6 and wondering if it's possible to liquid inject it. Where is tyrone and how to contact ?

[@SGTMARSHALL1]

@@jackkaratsos8858 he is on LinkedIn however I am fairly certain the good people down at Octane Alley in Geelong Victoria would put you in touch

[@tturi2]

pretty unique

[@Granite]

So with the right intake, I could run liquid injection lpg as well as an old school Carby and my original air cleaner? I have 70s Ford with a big V8 I'd love to do this to.

[@Unit2012]

Hello, since you mentioned the difference in propane - butane proportion in summer / winter times of the year, when there is no additional sensor to monitor the proportion of them, what would be the best safe way to tune the ecu for all year driving ?

[@HazeyAuto]

Curious as to whether this is being run on straight propane or the “Autogas” which is what is typically at any servo. Autogas had a percentage of butane in it, which many a seasoned taxi driver would tell you would give worse economy and performance. No I’m not a chemist, this is purely anecdotal.

[@fullboost]

From the servo 👍

[@makantahi3731]

I had a problem, in 2nd gear when accelerating, the mixture became lean over 3000 rpm, I replaced the copper pipes 4-6mm with plastic 6mm and no more lean mixture

[@farncoisbisson7737]

clean burn. bulk price. cooler intake temp.... 12.5:1 with proper cam timing make wonder on lpg. definitely harder on the valve and valve guide as its dryer. this should be much more popular

[@gwynroberson198]

I wonder if he would do a LT1 based system for me? have my eye on a Bedford truck project and this would be the perfect marriage. More torque and economy for hauling, stick it on the strip and could hold its own and have some fun as well.

[@user-mf3vd1fm6j]

Am hoping to be pointed in a direction, am wanting to lpg convert a f250, any suggestions are welcome.

[@nismofreak33]

holy shit this guy is a fucking wizard. amazing video!

[@muhammadawisabdshahadan1117]

Jika guna ron95/97 pula acane gayezzzz?..next

[@pklifter]

Is there any more information on what Jim did to the OEM fuel pump to raise pressure? 14:12. Or as these available to purchase anywhere?

[@madhouse7743]

Hello sir, will this format work on turbodiesel? thanks

[@vincentbentley1079]

I have just been informed by a UK supplier of Vialle LSi liquid phase injection systems that Vialle went bust over the summer (2022). Prins have acquired Vialle's intellectual property and they have told me that they will not be selling any Vialle's LSi system kits, only spare parts to existing customers. Perhaps Westport Fuel Systems would rather we all forget about LPI technology. Anyone seen a Zavoli LPI system either?

[@8power857]

Can you run another 2 or 4 injectors in the plenum or anywhere after the throttle body to make up fuel flow for the target hp. Yes taking up more volume early in the intake but also cooling the air that is in this area aswell. Just thinking and wondering out loud. Great project. Lpg💪

[@danielbrealey2924]

Sounds like a good idea to me- like back in the day when people were starting to play with turbo cars in the '90's

[@8power857]

@@danielbrealey2924 yes same type of setup. Im sure these guys have had that though. If its not viable im interested to know their thoughts.

[@blkidiot]

@@8power857 running injectors after the throttle body won't allow accurate fuel distribution to each cylinder due to how each cylinder pulls in air. Considering on the lengths hes gone to refining the system and bulletproofing, it wasn't an option.

[@8power857]

@@blkidiot i would think that depends on the level of vaporisation achieved, but with lpg boiling at -36*C or thereabouts liquid fuel is still highly likely where the runners meet the plenum. So yes a good point there👍 This is where a traditional vapour delivery setup prior to the throttle body 'might' be useful to simply supplement an extra 100hp or so worth of lpg vapour, this would not be subject to poor distribution, would take a minimal extra ammount of 'air space' in the intake tract, the effect of cylinder temp from fuel delivery in vapour form would be negligible due to the huge heat absorbtion of the 530hp worth of liquid fuel boiling off. Of course this is all hypothetical unless tried. Again thinking out loud and happy to hear thoughts in return. 👍

[@johnkraft7461]

@@8power857 I would think throttle body petrol injectors like Holley Sniper EFI use would make more sense and be cheaper. The gas delivered upstream displaces air more than fuel droplets (on a petrol-only setup) and is the volumetric efficiency achilles heel of vapour-type systems. 👍

[@jasemurphy4369]

I played around what you doing now years ago when lpg was 3rd price of petrol. ..ı had 2 separate computer systems running 8 injectors. .major issues I had you use 2x closer to 3x more lpg than fuel for same amount of hp out of the engine. ..and lpg is 2x heavy than water. ..running fuel and lpg together. .I didn't find much point I think their is better or alternative if for HP methanol water injection. Is owner driving one side of country to other side. ..just leave it as duel fuel ..between both tank's probably close to 1000 km

[@holden355citurbo9]

🏎🤘

[@ianirvin3511]

One person cannot know so much. Wow

[@bigonexeon]

have you tried it on 108 octane in it ?

[@makantahi3731]

you could put 2 vaporizers with a bigger tube from the reservoir and it would be 10 times easier and it would work 100% on gas at all powers

[@xynostasos9022]

Can you make a video on vapor LPG injection? I have a Stilo 1.6 103hp converted to LPG (in Greece it's 70%-30% & in summer 90%-10% butane/propane). Currently running on 100% LPG I feel like the engine makes less power above 4000rpm. In the winter though it seems that LPG is making higher power on low RPMs. Should I just petrol enrich it or maybe I can recover all the lost power by remapping the ignition advance map on the petrol ECU (and somehow switch it)?

[@fullboost]

LPG is a dying fuel in Australia so highly unlikely there will be many more videos on this subject. Good luck on your project.

[@xynostasos9022]

@@fullboost Thanks for the input. My main problem is that the engineering bibliography on vapor LPG injection is rather poor. And as I don't have access to a dyno, I have to go by the trial and error method.

[@saffisaw8128]

In some countries LPG is 0.06 usd/Liter I for one pay the 3rd of the price of gasoline in LPG I converted my A18XER insignia for 456 usd Landirenzo evo

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

Man giving off Hank Hill vibes during that propane and butane talk

[@johnkraft7461]

Yeah, the lpg...but how good does that clevo sound ?! 😳

[@geoffmcwiggan2814]

What are the lpg injectors worth ?

[@CS-xc8lz]

gas in my area is 87.1c, E85 is around 2.11

[@stevenJEDI3]

I have a VTLS1 running the same system making 260 kW at the back wheel get 450 k’s to a $40 tank

[@chrisalex1440]

How can you make a piggy back system for a diesel

[@Brad-kq9oc]

I think I may have just developed a man crush on Tyrone after watching this.