2008 tri-fuel Yukon XL no gas required!

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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 22, 2008 at 1:07pm

Hi Tai,

I like this, and there are no value judgments intended in these question! What happens to performance when changing from one fuel to another? Is the vehicle's engine calibrated (for lack of better words) to be better on one fuel over another?

Dave

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Permalink Reply by Tai Robinson on November 22, 2008 at 11:26pm

On this particular vehicle, which is designed to be a flex-fuel from the factory there is no noticable difference in how the engien sounds or operates on the different fuels.

Inherently, a gasoline engine running on CNG can lose up to 25% of its horsepower. With our digital injection system, and a lean burn strategy, the loss of power is minimized on engines and fuel economy increases up to 18% better based on the minimum methane content of the fuel.

However, the dual, wasted-gate spark on teh 5.7L HEMI results in more power on CNG than on gasoline! Now, all of this is acchieved with sequential, multi-point, port injection. With direct injection, an engine can achieve up to 25% better horsepower on CNG than gasoline with no other modifications. Performance upgrades can boost performance of either injection system with say increased compression, or increased boost from a turbo, or lowering the intake temperature with an intercooler.......

What are you looking for Dave?

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Permalink Reply by Tai Robinson on November 23, 2008 at 1:00pm

Hello Jeff, thank you for your interest.

We are the only fuel system up-fitter in the state of utah that is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. All of our CNG fuel system upgrades are EPA compliant and integrate with OBD II. In Utah, only our Intergalactic built NGV's adhere to CGA, NFPA 52, USDOT, FMVSS, NGV2.2007 and NGV3.1. We build premium, bi-fuel, tri-fuel, multi-fuel, hydrogen (H2), methane (CNG), propane (LPG), electric (EV, HEV & PHEV), biodiesel (B100), SVO and ethanol (E85) automobiles, appliances and infrastructure.

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Thank You!
Tai Robinson
Intergalactic Hydrogen
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