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.
Blue Bird to begin production of updated propane and gasoline buses with Ford 7.3L V8 and ROUSH fuel system
This spring, Blue Bird will begin production of its propane and gasoline Vision school buses integrating Ford’s all-new 7.3L V8 engine and a purpose-built fuel system designed specifically for school-bus application.
The advanced fuel system technology was developed by ROUSH CleanTech, the same company that has manufactured more than 30,000 propane and gasoline fuel systems for Blue Bird buses equipped with Ford’s 6.8L engine. The 2022 Blue Bird Vision with the propane and gasoline 7.3L engine features best-in-class combination of horsepower and torque. In addition, the compact and lighter-weight 7.3L engine should achieve improved fuel economy over the 6.8L engine.
FORT VALLEY, GA. (PRWEB) January 19, 2021 This spring, Blue Bird will begin production of its propane and gasoline Vision school buses integrating Ford’s