School trips are about to get more exciting.
After debuting in the 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty, Ford's 7.3-liter "Godzilla" V8 was sold as a crate engine. Since then, tuners have extracted more power from the V8 pushrod engine and used the popular powerplant for some unusual engine swap projects. Last month, Ford Racing director Brian Wolfe cranked up Ford's Godzilla engine up to over 1,000 horsepower for his Fox-Body Mustang drag car project by adding two turbochargers among other upgrades.
While we were expecting Ford's Godzilla crate engine to spawn some crazy restomods, we didn't expect it to be applied to school buses. This spring, the Blue Bird bus company will begin integrating Ford's new 7.3-liter V8 engine into its 2022 Vision and Micro gasoline and propane school buses - school trips are about to get more exciting.