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   Roy Witt to TOM WALKER   
   Hey!   
   26 Jul 12 10:05:44   
   
   25 Jul 12 07:40, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW>> MH> Just wish I could convert my gas to run on natural gas.  It is   
    RW>> around   
    RW>> MH> 40 cents a term right now - lowest price I have ever seen.   
      
    RW>> Therm...if you can find the conversion kit, do it. Your engine will   
    RW>> last forever.   
      
    TW> Wel at leasr MICH Longer.   
      
   Yeup.   
      
    TW> Tehre is a smal proce though and that is a small reduction in engien   
    TW> Horsepower becasue of the Lower BTU per unit of Natural gas as   
    TW> compaired to Gasoline.   
      
   Which can be overcome with a small amount of nitrous injection.   
      
    TW> This downside  can be made up by Raising the compression ratio of the   
    TW> engine and changes in the spark advance becasue of the Higher Octaine   
    TW> Rating, about 130 for Natural Gas, as compaired to Gasoline.   
      
   Too much work for so little gain.   
      
    TW> In fact the producvtion Natural Gas Honda engine Horsepower in Higher   
    TW> than the Gasoline engined one. With no engine modifications you get   
    TW> an about 10% power reduction.   
      
      
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