@@tywaynecook9587 It would be interesting if a manual transmission was mated to that engine. Most school buses that I’ve seen and ridden on before the late 80s were 4 or 5 speed manual.
If only the bluebird visions of my school district plum borough in Pennsylvania used 7.3 powerstroke diesel engines insted of cummins streight 6 engines that would be awesome.
We had the propane visions… 80 miles on 125 gallons or about .5-.6 mpg. We had one flat in town route that they got 1.2 mpg. We bought diesel trip buses because the district couldnt afford fuel without the subsidy so it prevented us from buying propane at gas stations.
@@bluebirdvision Yeah, they're the only ones in the area, that I know of, with that little mesh on the grille. I also saw a twin to this bus irl a couple months ago
Correct. Especially 2018 IC CEs, those things may be reliable (at least for us in Okaloosa County. Some areas have had some tough luck with these.) but they shift too early and as such, dont have much power unless you lock it's gears like [DRIVER NAME WITHDRAWN] did last year.
@@carwashslayer4235 completely different engine design by a different manufacturer, the 7.3 PowerStroke's displacement is 7272.88cc and the 7.3 Godzilla's displacement is 7292.76cc. Both engines only have a similar displacement and that's about it
