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To: bentway who wrote (625498)	8/22/2011 3:54:47 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1578138

>> Read what they DO, Dave! Basically, rebuild the engine into a NEW engine. Gasoline conversions are a very simple modification in comparison. Yes, they do a lot of work on the engine. But it is a conversion nevertheless and it can be done for half the money of a new engine. It uses the same valve train, crank, block, etc.., as indicated on the referenced website, they simply drill/tap the heads for plugs and modify the fuel system and put in an ignition system. The point is that it is relatively straightforward to take a truck that costs almost a dollar a mile for fuel and cut that cost in half. If you take a truck that is doing 3k miles/wk, it is easy to see that truckers will FLOCK to these conversions as soon as filling stations are available. Also, large fleet operators can easily put in their own filling stations where they buy fuel dirt cheap.