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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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Hi all.I'm in the UK and was looking at this car. Is this a big FAIL?
Never heard of a 350Z on LPG?
Any comments?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Cheers, off to have tea and biscuits now...

Chris
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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Lol where is the propane tank or is there a permanent refillable tank? I drive forklifts everyday and that exhaust smell is bad! Not what I'd ideally want for my dd Z.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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I'm not sure what to make of this.

I don't see any visual indication of whether it's running on LPG.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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The guy says it was done by this company..

http://www.prinsautogasuk.co.uk/

Apart from the LPG issue I quite like the car.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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Hopefully he mated turbos to this LPG converted Z.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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Never seen it done on a Z but lots of fleet vehicles (taxis, police, etc) in the U.S. are LPG powered. I've also seen large trucks powered on LPG rather than using diesel engines.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 01:32 PM
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LP/NAT GAS Z....Ebay....no pics of conversion....
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