The Ford Scorpio is owned by the Webmaster of the Club Web Site - www.fordscorpio.co.uk and is a 1995 vehicle fitted with the 208bhp Cosworth 2.9 Litre 24V V6. With 115,000 miles under it's belt it has nevertheless been well maintained and this is one of the secrets of a good conversion - well maintained vehicles need not worry about having a high mileage.

Already having been fitted with 17" aftermarket Alloys, it was deemed that the spare wheel bay could be used for a 55 litre Torroidal tank. Given the existing engines prodigious power output it was felt that twin vapourisers would ensure that enough gas was available throughout the rev range and these fed 6 injectors installed just above the inlet valves.

The 24V Cosworth engine has a very complicated inlet manifold system which uses a butterfly valve to alter it's characteristics above 3200 rpm. Whilst others have installed the cheaper Mixer systems they have encountered tuning problems and more than one has destroyed his inlet system through backfiring. With over 6 feet of manifold filled with explosive LPG and Air, the slightest spark can cause the older Mixer system to destroy the plastic boxes and tubing as well as the expensive air flow sensor.

The Sequential Vapour Injection system does not suffer such problems as the gas is injected at the valve and the inlet manifolds carry only fresh air.

Time from start to finish was just 5 days and the total cost was £1650+vat.

Latest report - 4/11/2004

The Scorpio has now covered 135,000 miles and has not suffered a single problem whilst using LPG. It averages 26 mpg on a run and 20mpg around town which compares well to what it did on petrol.

Latest report - 13/5/2007