I want to run on propane

heck that tank alone on ebay is $600 duda diesel, AL i think

 

like I mentioned, from what I have learned so far regardless of type, manufacturer, software, they all work on the same principal, propane and gas are rather simmilar to begin with, the motor can't tell much of a difference, I believe propane is higher octane lower caloric value, all these kits do is intercept the oem injector signal, some tap into the o2 sensor, crank, cam, via usb read only type deal, they just monitor, and depending on user and software imputs, they will either let the oem run its injectors untempered with or they can cut the signal, adapt it to match and fire the propane injectors, its just fuel management, thats all, now some do it better than others, its all in the hardware and software, lpgc.co.uk has some good plain articles. its not rocket science, for all the prius is concerned it runs on gas, if anything I can see a possibility, it apears the fuel manifold would stay presurised, althou the fuel pump wont need to run as the injectors are not fireing, not sure if the prius is wired to wonder about that

 

http://www.vanmeenen.com/LPG-autogas-Vlaanderen/flashlube/FEVSK%20schematic%20fitting%20instructions%20062009V1.pdf
that costs money too

 

well I'm glad you pitched in I was hoping hor someone with real experience to tag along.
the ventury type systems you speak of those were the old days, those were not much more than a stoveburner and regulator, I have them on my forklifts, I cant see a good way to even consider riging them up on a prius, the cost is not that close as you may think, I buy my propane for almoast $20/8gal tank, its 18something plus tax, and its been like that for the past 4 years while gas went from 3 to 5 and back, the savings are not a lot but versus a $600 kit it will recover, for me it would take a while at 10k/year, honestly I dont care about cost enough to do the math, also keep in mind thats if it all goes well and I don't need a new head in 20k, if you ran it for 50 years you know how clean the oil remains, I've spoke about it, check out that video they came a long way since the venturi days, any who sure theres trouble ahead risk and possibly reward if all goes well ,but its not as bad as you may think, for me its more about the project if you will, since the prius I doubt my fuel bill is more than $50 per month so say I save $10, that would be 60 mo, rough ideea, in england where fuel I hear is $8 lpg $3.50, or if youre one of these guys that can log 200k in couple years, its significant

 

Auto Gas LPG - -CONVERSION KIT
just came actoss it also autogas-parts.co.uk

 

well I stumbled into an uk based lpg forum the other day, ran a search on gasitaly, just one oust about a wire harness, ran a search on "italian" those sistem apear to be prefered by many installers, patticularily most italian sistems have computers made by a company called AEB which is highly regarded, one name that poped often in conjunction with these searches, the polish stag kits, from what I gathered they are pretty competitive, they have their diferences and similarities, some talk about stag using aeb chips/components, some talk about stag kits having other cheap components, thou the one conversion I seen on this forum had valtek 34 injectors, which I read they are some of the best, sure they are some other top shelf stuff, twice or more the cost but not extremely popular, Prins is one of the name, some call it the best out there and the price reflect it too.
has anybody read through these websites and files I posted? esp the one below, some conection is required to the obdII plug, and they describe few common types of conections, I am not as familiar as I would like to be but I noticed the type called "CAN" I see that term allover this forum, does somebody know better, I could use some help here or point me in the right direction, I'll do some reading

 

yes, I'm lost allready, I highlighted a couple terms, the first one I did not even know that word exists, have you had a look at that wireing file I posted, given you know a bit, how does it seem to you, try plain words please, They are only looking for a couple conections on my part, I only need to know enough not to blow it up, most train tecks may not, also where does one come across some good reading on this system like a basic description, google?

 

so given your numbers galon per galon propane is 2.25*1.36 = $3.06 per galon, mind you it is pretty stable too, at this time I am looking at say 60 cents per galon, versus the europeans, looks like propane ia about the same as here but gas is double, no wonder there is verry liitle interest, on a 16mpg truck sure, like I said or a sales person that logs lots of miles, the prius especialy the miles I run it will take a while but it does recover, and they are reliable so over say 100k at 1.2c/mile = $1200 I think I did that right even at our extremly low profit margin it pays you back, keep in mind gas will seadily go up, propane not so much, if any, but there are other advantages, bottom line I want to do something, plug in is a considerable investment and the payback is not that much greater, if any, rims, headlights, not my cup of tea, maybe sume tint but even on that I got quoted $250

 

I noticed the term mentioned all over the plugin section, read throu several articles trying to figure out how does the prius uce the stored energy, si in short its a network that liknks all the electronics and alows them to comunicate, the prius obviously uses the can, further it doesnt mater all can conections are made the same, just curious they list in my document as 250 or 500 kbps, Im asuming kilobytes/sec (never took and interest to computers) standard or extended, which one is the prius?

 

I kind of figured all that, and I do have a scantool, a fancy one too, I don't know whats up with the number they list for a scan tool, for as minute I thought its something special, obviously the prius uses can anyway, those others may be unusual from what I read, and I kindof figured there is not much more necesary for me to know just curious, I'm in a bit of uncharted teritory with those electronics, and I like to have a clue at least, not just bolt it up
how about actualy conecting those wires? solder them to the respective wire in the back of the plug I recon would be best, leave the port free to be used, paperclips and wirenuts is probably a bad Ideea.

 

www.force911.com in georgia second one I came across check

 

for those of you that have safety concerns