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|    Roy Witt to TOM WALKER    |
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|    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.                      R\%/itt                     --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000-10        * Origin: Roiz Flying \A/ Service * South Texas * USA * (1:387/22)    |
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