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Big Thanks to Kevin Wood
24. Mar 2010 at 09:45

For mounting my LPG injectors on the spare manifold i have (Thanks to KenT for the spare!)

Few pictures of the mounting:

Manifold ready for an injector

Starting off with a pilot hole

Pilot hole (notice amount of crap generated on this, still can't believe some 'professional' conversion garages drill with them in place)

Taking the pilot hole up to 5mm, then tapped out to 6mm

Injector mounted with some thread lock

Inside manifold, it was filled down to make it flush

All injectors mounted

All ready for fitting now Cheesy

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Darth Loo-knee Moderator Offline "If you only knew how much he likes Backsides!" Posts: 20248 Stoke-on-Trent Gender: Drives: An Omega in the Pipeline.....	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #1 - 24. Mar 2010 at 09:50 good lad Kev x x x may need your skills on my project when i find the right one x
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #2 - 24. Mar 2010 at 10:00 Darth Loo-knee wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 09:50: good lad Kev x x x may need your skills on my project when i find the right one x Getting very personal there Daz, something i don't know about!?
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SP_3.2 Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2042 Leicester Gender: Drives: A8 3.7 QS 2000	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #3 - 24. Mar 2010 at 10:19 Nice Work Kevin Looks like there will be a new LGP Omega on the road very soon..think that i may have to become a member with the price of Petrol as it is will make a big saving
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #4 - 24. Mar 2010 at 10:21 SP_3.2 wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:19: Nice Work Kevin Looks like there will be a new LGP Omega on the road very soon..think that i may have to become a member with the price of Petrol as it is will make a big saving I expect to save £10 per drive to work
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Darth Loo-knee Moderator Offline "If you only knew how much he likes Backsides!" Posts: 20248 Stoke-on-Trent Gender: Drives: An Omega in the Pipeline.....	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #5 - 24. Mar 2010 at 10:31 What I do like about how Kevin has drilled and tapped the holes for the Jets is the position so that when the LPG Pipes go on, the pipes will not be in the way of the bolt holes..... each one I have had the pleasure to play with is a ball ache to remove the inlet manifold bolts
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Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood
Reply #6 - 24. Mar 2010 at 10:34

Darth Loo-knee wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:31:

What I do like about how Kevin has drilled and tapped the holes for the Jets is the position so that when the LPG Pipes go on, the pipes will not be in the way of the bolt holes..... each one I have had the pleasure to play with is a ball ache to remove the inlet manifold bolts Roll Eyes

We were discussing just that during fitting Thumbs Up!

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Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood
Reply #7 - 24. Mar 2010 at 10:36

No problem, Tunnie. It was a pleasure. Thumbs Up!

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What I do like about how Kevin has drilled and tapped the holes for the Jets is the position so that when the LPG Pipes go on, the pipes will not be in the way of the bolt holes..... each one I have had the pleasure to play with is a ball ache to remove the inlet manifold bolts

Yes, it pays to think about that before drilling. Wink

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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #9 - 24. Mar 2010 at 13:02 SP_3.2 wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:19: Nice Work Kevin Looks like there will be a new LGP Omega on the road very soon..think that i may have to become a member with the price of Petrol as it is will make a big saving Hopefully by the end of the weekend
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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood Reply #10 - 24. Mar 2010 at 13:05 Looking good Tunnie Once you know you don't need the car again, get it in that garage and swap the manifolds over (as it stands is fine as long as you'll be able to get to all the nozzles)... Don't forget to swap your petrol injectors etc onto the new manifold
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Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood
Reply #11 - 24. Mar 2010 at 13:08

Lazydocker wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 13:05:

Looking good Tunnie Thumbs Up!

Once you know you don't need the car again, get it in that garage and swap the manifolds over (as it stands is fine as long as you'll be able to get to all the nozzles)... Don't forget to swap your petrol injectors etc onto the new manifold Thumbs Up!

Going to swap the throttle body, but discussing with KW, he said to leave the injectors as they rarely go wrong. With luck i won't be needed them much!

Also got some new spark plugs, loads of anti-freeze so almost all set now.

Do you want to start on the front end first or tank mounting? - If i start removing the manifold, won't be able to move it if it starts to rain Undecided

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Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood
Reply #12 - 24. Mar 2010 at 13:18

tunnie wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 13:08:

Going to swap the throttle body, but discussing with KW, he said to leave the injectors as they rarely go wrong. With luck i won't be needed them much!

Also got some new spark plugs, loads of anti-freeze so almost all set now.

Do you want to start on the front end first or tank mounting? - If i start removing the manifold, won't be able to move it if it starts to rain Undecided

You can always connect the rubber hoses to the nozzles, cut them off (ideally all the same length) plenty long enough to mount the injectors somewhere sensible. If you need to start the car you can then connect up the pipes to the injector rail, which will seal them.

While you've got the manifold off, remove the scuttle and make the coolant connections to the rear of the engine as discussed and leave a loop of heater hose round the driver's side of the engine bay. When you come to mount the vapouriser you can just cut this at the appropriate point and insert the vapouriser, removing any excess. Thumbs Up!

Petrol injectors on the drilled manifold look in good condition and were from a known good engine so I would personally leave them be to save time and avoid the risk of getting an air leak. Undecided

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Re: Big Thanks to Kevin Wood
Reply #13 - 24. Mar 2010 at 13:20

tunnie wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 13:08:

Lazydocker wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 13:05:

Looking good Tunnie Thumbs Up!

Once you know you don't need the car again, get it in that garage and swap the manifolds over (as it stands is fine as long as you'll be able to get to all the nozzles)... Don't forget to swap your petrol injectors etc onto the new manifold Thumbs Up!

Going to swap the throttle body, but discussing with KW, he said to leave the injectors as they rarely go wrong. With luck i won't be needed them much!

Also got some new spark plugs, loads of anti-freeze so almost all set now.

Do you want to start on the front end first or tank mounting? - If i start removing the manifold, won't be able to move it if it starts to rain Undecided

Can't you squeeze it into the garage and then do it? Leave it there overnight? We'll probably work both ends simultaneously from tomorrow morning Thumbs Up!

Not the end of the world... Tell you what then... Measure up the floor/chassis rails underneath and mark out on the frame where we need to drill the holes to bolt it through... This took me ages when I did mine and I still mucked it up and had to work hard to get it fitted Roll Eyes

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