After-Market Conversions
Existing gasoline-powered
vehicles have Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) components added at a
conversion centre, and Natural Gas then becomes the primary fuel used
and gasoline the back-up fuel. Storage cylinders are placed underneath
vehicles like vans or pickup trucks, or in the trunk of vehicles like
cabs and other cars. Stainless steel lines carry the fuel to a
regulator in the engine compartment, reducing the pressure, then through
a fuel-air mixer, and into the intake manifold to be introduced for
combustion.
There is a fuel selection switch (usually dash mounted) that allows
the driver to manually select CNG or gasoline. This
bi-fuel or dual-fuel system allows the driver to have adequate fuel
reserves in between natural gas fill-ups.
Fuel selection can be done while driving, idling or parked.
There are Federal, The ATF Program, and Provincial government incentives available to help off-set the initial cost of conversion:
$500 from the Federal MDIP fund
$1000 (maximum) from the province of Ontario as a rebate of the sales tax paid on the vehicle if the conversion is completed within 180 days of ownership.
To receive more after-market conversion information, please click on one of the links below: