70s Propane/Turbo conversion?

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TotalyHucked

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Right? My thoughts exactly. LP convo is nothing new but the spinny thing…
I want to go look at this one. Only an hour away.
Hell I’ll buy it for ya if you want (if it’s good).
It won’t get a garage slot though. Just jockeyed **** around so I can get everything indoors except the kid’s crash wagon.
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That is very tempting lol. Not sure I really wanna mess with propane though
 

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Northern guys would understand this , propane truck conversions would blow out nice smoke rings in the winter at idle after a couple of years. Why? Because guys would crank up the mixture to get more power and more propane more heat more power but the valves start melting and hence the exhaust smoke rings due to an idle misfire. That said maybe with the Turbo there is good clean power and the cylinder temp can be kept at a workable temp without burning up valves.
In the 80’s when propane conversions were popular the tow truck drivers and some cab drivers were good customers for cylinder head R&R all because they wanted that little extra power.
 

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