re: Frankmehta's Practical Workhorse: Honda Civic AT CNG. EDIT: Sold! Quote:
Originally Posted by Anghammarad @Frank, thanks for taking the time to respond to my queries, I will be doing the CNG fitting after the Republic day weekend, your threads and detailed research have been the inspiration behind that decisions, so thanks again and kudos. As someone said up above, you're probably part of the reason so many people go in for CNG :-p
Thanks for your friends experience, Mr Arun asked me to get other people to give me inputs as well on their experiences . |
Thanks for all the kind words. Best of luck with the fitting. Just let me know if you need any assistance. Mr. Arun will help you out if something is required. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anghammarad Just an additional query @ Frank. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-d...-8l-tsi-3.html On this thread, Mr Punit Kakri mentions a friend of his having issues with the switch over from CNG to Petrol, with the car stalling occasionally.
Have you ever had something like that happen?
Starscream said it might have occurred due to the open-loop system as opposed to the sequential kits, but I figured I would ask you anyways.
Thanks again. |
No issues at all with a sequential injection system. In fact, I am yet to feel a switchover from petrol to CNG since the conversion has been done. There is no jerk, no drop in RPM nor any stalling. I do feel a change in the engine note (becomes slightly coarser) but that's about it.
This characteristic you mention above is a pure example of a conventional CNG conversion.
GUYS, I have just discovered a new party trick with the car. Actually, it's an old one but I don't know why I was not up for it earlier.
SO here's the thing. I have ALWAYS desisted from using 'S' mode on the gearbox since I kinda let the gearbox do the shifting and I was not very keen on shifting gears via the Paddles because it always distracted me and I paid too much attention to the RPM and thought I would rear end someone.
Anyway, so since the last 2 days i have discovered a 'DIESEL like' locomotive torque wave in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears from 3500 rpm all the way to 5200 rpm. The reason why I never experienced it earlier was because I would always be in D mode which would not cross 3500 rpm in all gears unless my foot was pinned to the floor. That was acceleration of a different kind. BUT THIS!! Man!! This is something I didn't expect from a CNG car. This 'WHOOSH' is similar to the "VTEC JUST KICKED IN, YO!" kind of videos (youtube them if you don't know what I am talking about) and is SUPER addictive. I put the car in 'S' mode, take off from a signal, wait for it to become 3500 and then WHOOOOOOSH from 3500-5100 the rpm needle just flies. And so does the car. Shift up at 5500, BANG, again I am in the meat of the power band. Shift up again at 5500 and there I am in 3rd, doing 120 kmph before I know it and I still need to shift to 4th. It's very addictive, guys. And I am enamoured by this characteristic. It does distract me a little because I keep staring at the tachometer, but on open roads, this is the s***
I am highly impressed. Try it on your Honda Civics guys. |