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cng crown vic · 09-01-2008, 07:35 AM

The one answer to pull more power out of a natural gas powered car is this, higher compression. CNG is 130 octane, increasing the engine's compression will allow you to pull out more power than gasoline. Honda's Civic gx comes from the factory made to run only on CNG and with high compression pistons that allow the engine to put out more power than it's gasoline burning equilivant. I drive a ford crown victoria that came from the factory to run only on CNG and with high compression pistons to allow the 4.6 V8 to retain power on CNG. I am afraid though that increasing the compression on your car is not an option as your gasoline system will not be able to handle it.

09-01-2008, 07:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
cng crown vic Junior Member Grease Monkey Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Re: CNG(compressed natural gas) fuel system The one answer to pull more power out of a natural gas powered car is this, higher compression. CNG is 130 octane, increasing the engine's compression will allow you to pull out more power than gasoline. Honda's Civic gx comes from the factory made to run only on CNG and with high compression pistons that allow the engine to put out more power than it's gasoline burning equilivant. I drive a ford crown victoria that came from the factory to run only on CNG and with high compression pistons to allow the 4.6 V8 to retain power on CNG. I am afraid though that increasing the compression on your car is not an option as your gasoline system will not be able to handle it.