Compressed natural Gas (CNG) ?
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CNG is not practical in a boat:
Tanks are huge, heavy, expensive, and have low capacity. I don't like the idea of having 3600psi if there was a leak.
Propane may be better at 300 PSI with a high quality venting system as if it were in the trunk of a car but venting outside of the hull. Tanks are cheaper and hold more since the 300psi keeps the propane as a liquid.
LPG only makes sense IF....you had a cheap reliable (octane changes with benzine content) source.
with 108-110 octane you could safely increase the compression without getting detonation. The fuel has less BTU but if you were comparing LPG delivery to a carb in a BBC you would find little to no loss in efficiency....precise mixing of a propane gas with air is eaisier than mixing a liquid gasoline with air. Many skip the lpg injection and just use a mixer and a good intake manifold that fuels the cyl evenly. performance is very similar to EFI and mixers are cheap.
Propane loves boost. an intercooled procharger blow thru setup would be killer
Tanks are huge, heavy, expensive, and have low capacity. I don't like the idea of having 3600psi if there was a leak.
Propane may be better at 300 PSI with a high quality venting system as if it were in the trunk of a car but venting outside of the hull. Tanks are cheaper and hold more since the 300psi keeps the propane as a liquid.
LPG only makes sense IF....you had a cheap reliable (octane changes with benzine content) source.
with 108-110 octane you could safely increase the compression without getting detonation. The fuel has less BTU but if you were comparing LPG delivery to a carb in a BBC you would find little to no loss in efficiency....precise mixing of a propane gas with air is eaisier than mixing a liquid gasoline with air. Many skip the lpg injection and just use a mixer and a good intake manifold that fuels the cyl evenly. performance is very similar to EFI and mixers are cheap.
Propane loves boost. an intercooled procharger blow thru setup would be killer



