been waiting a week for a silicon reducer hose to arrive,i need to remove my air box so a gas conversion regulator has somewhere to fit under the bonnet.

i already had a apexi air filter that i was gonna fit to the rs200.seemed a shame not to use it



the tie wraps are only on temp till i make a bracket up to hold it firm.

it has a really nice induction roar now
makes me wanna boot it everywhere

stainless exhaust next (have you seen the size of bm`s exhaust box`s )

dave

 

looks good

 

How nippy is it? I wouldnt mind a 540, especially as i was looking at getting one a few years ago...

bet it sounds awesome now

 

that`s the problem with a bm,they don`t feel that fast
pressing on, 100mph comes up pretty quick

think it`s 6.2 seconds to 60 and limited to 155mph (un-sure though)

dave

 

Is it an Auto or Manual?

 

auto mate,
only common people change gear

my missus has troble with her left wrist and struggles to use stick
dave

 

lol. tbh, most people would rather have an auto cruiser anyway.. my old Omega 3.0 was an auto..

As i'd be using it as a hoon about car, i'd want manual lol.

 

no we haven't.. its all lies

 

thanks for clearing that up,

 

i started fitting the lpg tank the other week.
to get it to fit i had to remove the exhaust,fuel tank (fits across the full width of the car)

i imported the tank from germany as it was 50% cheaper for me to do it that way, and it arrived in 2 days
its a stako 66litre full toridual tank


had to make 4 brackets up to get it mounted properly (5mm steel)


while the car was im-mobile i took the inlet manifold off and took it to my local lpg garage to have the pipes fitted.


all bolted back together and apart from you can see the bolts in the end of the rubber tube it looks nearly factory


the front end just needs plumbing in now and ecu wiring spliced into cars ecu loom.

more updates to follow

dave

 

 

nice, is it a late 4.4 one ? i do love bmw v8 lovely sound

 

no mate not 4.4,it`s the last of the 4.0 in this,my saloon has the 4.4 thought,produces the same power though.

just a shame bm didn`t get more poke out of a 4 litre v8 though,now aday shopping trollies have 300bhp

 

looking good!

you need to do a vid of the sound from the filter mate

 

no that`s a plan
never thought of that,when the weather is better i will do

dave

 

is she the prev generation to the e39?

e32 aint it?

 

e34 mate

dave

 

Looking good....

should be nice and cheap on LPG = what sort money is the conversion costing you?

 

alex,conversion is £1900 - the tank and other bits i fitted to help along installation,hopefully about £1400 ish

around town i only get single figures ,about 20ish on a run.
once lpg fitted sould be cheap to run

car is going to brom at zoo for a full stainless system fitted from the cats back.
i have had to cut apart the orignal exhaust to fit the tank filler,and to make it easier for brom to see what i want.

here is a picture of the quick cut up (ignore the welding and multipule steel peices,i was just using what i had lying around)


as you can see the back box has had a fairly big peice cut-out.but it now clears the lpg filler


this is the lpg filler/valve that the exhaust needs to clear


it clears now


just need to take to brom now,and i can`t wait.

would be nice to have the v8 burble and be able to ring it`s neck without worrying about the fuel costs

dave

 

dropped car of with brom today,nice to finally meet up with him

i will post pictures up when done.

dave

 

brom has sent me a few pictures of the middle box (look well blingy )


we are just sorting out what tail pipe to use now,i can`t wait to hear it,should have a nice burble now

bought this of ebay the other day while trawling for bargains.


it`s a zavoli alisei sequencial lpg front end system (cost £900 new),i got it for £210 delivered
i was willing to pay about £350 for it,it came of a bmw 740,so it should in theory plug and play and not need rolling roading.

here`s a picture of the 8 pan injectors (easy to clean if shit does get into the system)

here is a picture of the gas regulator/vapouriser,lpg comes from the tank and it is compressed inside here (also coolant heated) and sent to the injectors.

rang the lpg garage today and they are un-sure if the regulator will flow enough for 300bhp so i may have to change it for a bigger 1 (about £100)

dave

 

looking good

wheres the vid for noise?

 

when car comes back from brom`s i will do 1

dave

 

My dad has a 540, awesome machine! When it starts, damn immobilizer!

An induction kit and a straight through exhaust will be fitted

 

LPG'd 540 makes a shitload of sense, awesome car

 

Maxfield

pm brom about a straight through exhaust,mine looks a work of art

dave

 

thanks chip

my other 1 does between 260 and 350ish miles on a 90 litre tank (about £32 to fill)

makes it for cheap running

dave

 

My daily driver at the moment is a mondeo LPG, does 250+ miles to a 19 quid tank.

Less than 8p a mile.


LPG is fucking awesome value still at the moment :top;

 

not bad! nearly as good as my TD Mondeo Estate..

 

Its easier fixing the petrol ones though, lol


does you mondy really do over 55mpg though?

didnt realise they were that good!

 

My ROver 216 does 46 mpg mixed town and A road diriving !!

All you need is super high compression

 

maybe easier to fix lol - i dunno, mine hasnt gone wrong.

and yea - i drive it like Miss Daisy LOL

 

brom sent me these pictures over the other day
his work is second to none,consulted me over every step of fabrication,i couldn`t speak highly enough about the legend

this shows the middle box and the pipe work under the rear axle


the back box joins onto the picture above




this is how i am having my tailpipes,downswept (upside down dtm style)
they will be a little closer than in the picture but you get the idea,they were just held there for the picture
side view

rear view


hope you like

dave

 

well i finally picked the touring up earlier today.
they have done an excellant job on fitting the kit i gave them
car pulls like a bastard on petrol and lpg.
the real bonus is,it is shed loads cheaper now

this shows why i had to junk the bmw air cleaner assembly and fit an apexi filter,new vapouriser is underneath it,just got to make an alloy heat shield to fit under the air filter now so i doesn`t pull hot air from the vapouriser.

an all in shot to show the pan injectors,map sensor and pipes/wiring.



when the engine cover is on,it`s all hidden

can`t wait to rag it to death now knowing i don`t need a tanker following behind.

the power delivery seems more raw then my other 540,might have something to do with the stainless exhaust and filter

dave

 

nice mate

SOUND - VIDEO - NOW

lol

 

mike

i keep forgetting to do the vid

i am just waiting for an intake pipe to arrive from bm,noticed it was starting to go brittle on the corrugated bit,so i have ordered a new 1

off to holland friday till tuesday,when i come back i will do it

dave

 

nearly.... it arrives at the vaporizer in liquid gas form, and is heated by the coolant to a gas, and then delivered down the pipes.

 

in a weird twist of fate i had to sell this back in december.

the other day i put my name back on the logbook,yipee.
it had been well looked after,which is a bonus.

still makes me smile and i got it cheaper than i sold it for,which for me is good going.

dave

 

I was about to say

Wanring old thread

But as its your thread I guess thats ok!!