LPG ON A E39 MG

[swight]

Hi, has anybody had LPG fitted or heard of it been fitted to an M5? I know it can be done and would like to know of anyones comments. Thanks.

[Neil.D]

Ahhh!!! Sacrilege! Get out!;)

Seriously...I have read of it before. The engine is beefy enough to take it but for the £2500 it would cost to install you would have to do some serious milage to make your money back and plan on keeping the car for years. Not worth it. Plus you lose a lot of boot space.

£ 0.50 PM for the LGP Vs £01.10 PM for petrol.

http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[swight]

£1400 fitted

[mat59]

If this can be done I think it would be very tempting.

A conversion for £1400 sounds like abargain, is that for a good kit?
With regard to losing space, I think you can get a tank that goes in the spare wheel well. The newer, better kits are meant to produce very similar power. The issue would probably be finding a kit that gets enough fuel into the engine to produce 400bhp.

[Toilet Duck]

Why would you even bother? If you're concerned about MPG/the price of petrol, don't buy an "M" car, buy a diesel.

[dazren]

I don't know anyone who has bdised an E39 M5 in this way. If you are genuinely considering this coversion to save money then I think you are running the wrong car. This is not a car to try and run worrying about the price of petrol. Someone mentioned putting a lpg tank in the spare wheel space..... There isn't one.

[teapea]

I don't see the issue.
Or why running a car on a different fuel is such a big deal?
I know that the prins systems are supposed to be very good.

[teapea]

Also if you go onto http://www.lpgforum.co.uk/
and search for alpina there's an interesting thread from a guy that converted a E46 M3

[Slurms]

A friend of mine recent got a quote for his B10 V8 to be lpg converted..

That was £2,400 for a prins kit..

Can't imagine you'd get a decent install on an M5 (what with them both being V8's) for much less.