In reply to HappyAndy:
Biggest FE car engine was the 428, there is also the FET heavy truck engine family as well that had varying displacement as well. 
In reply to HappyAndy:
Biggest FE car engine was the 428, there is also the FET heavy truck engine family as well that had varying displacement as well.
This is awesome!
Please post where you are at when you update so we can actually get an idea of how far you have gone and have to go.
If it's a truck engine it's a 360 or a 390. A car engine would be a 390 or a 428. I don't think there is a way to tell without pulling a head. I'll bet it's a 360, those were the most common work horse engines for the longest.
He continues to amaze me on a daily basis. We eloped almost 30 years ago after dating only 5 weeks and I had NO idea the wild ride I was in for. He can fix things that 20 others would say are worthless. I honestly don't know anyone smarter than him in all seriousness. I'll admit I'm worried a bit about this trip but hoping that once they both get a good night's sleep that it will seem a bit better tomorrow.
AngryCorvair wrote: In reply to Toymanswife: Thank you for putting up with Toyman. He is part of GRM folklore.
In reply to WOW Really Paul?:
Yes , I know all that, but what I'm saying is that the truck FEs weren't over 390 something cubic inches,(as far as I know), and if it was a seventies vintage, it probably didn't have a whole lot of compression.
I seriously doubt it has a 427/428. If it does, Toyman is one luck dog, and should have no trouble tuning it to exceed 60mph. Or, selling it to finance a well built 460.
I'd hazard a guess it's a truck 360, 196 hp@4000 rpm, 327 lb·ft@2400 rpm (SAE net). 70s truck 390 is 201@4000 and 376@2600 (net), the old 352 made 208@4000 and 310@2800 (SAE gross). Those were the only FEs used in trucks according to Wikipedia. Slow in any event with, based the brochure I found, around 10,000-12,000 lbs of bus.
http://nipper.freeshell.org/56fordbus.htm
It only felt appropriate. 
In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:
OHMYGOSH that's AWESOME!!!
Does anyone know how long this bus is? I'm thinking that a cover of some kind might help keep the town off of our backs for a bit. lol
Roller paint job?
Can you buy a cover that big that doesn't cost more than the bus is worth?
Just park it so the nose is facing the street. The front of the bus is visually interesting and looks like an old truck. The back of the bus mostly looks like an old bus.
Edit: I retract my previous cost estimate, they're not that expensive. Get RealMiniParker to throw a tape measure at it this morning before the boys roll.
Toymanswife wrote: Does anyone know how long this bus is? I'm thinking that a cover of some kind might help keep the town off of our backs for a bit. lol
I would go for camouflage netting. It comes in larger sizes than regular tarps.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: It only felt appropriate.
Quoted for awesome!
Time to get back at it.
I'm in for a shirt with that on it!
The 390 I had was in a pickup and was a lot like a diesel. Slow to rev, low redline, all torque. You could get 80mph with your foot flat down, the tailgate lowered, and a long downhill. But it would roll from a stop in 2nd gear with 1200lbs in the bed and never smoke the clutch.
Toymanswife wrote: Does anyone know how long this bus is? I'm thinking that a cover of some kind might help keep the town off of our backs for a bit. lol
Camping world is likely your best bet:
http://www.campingworld.com/search/index.cfm?&N=1530+4294957648+4294959080&Ne=1000045
You should be able to get one for less than $500. There might be a store close enough that the boys can pick it up on the way home.
Good luck guys!
Good luck on this leg of the journey!
ultraclyde wrote: I'm in for a shirt with that on it! The 390 I had was in a pickup and was a lot like a diesel. Slow to rev, low redline, all torque. You could get 80mph with your foot flat down, the tailgate lowered, and a long downhill. But it would roll from a stop in 2nd gear with 1200lbs in the bed and never smoke the clutch.
I also want this on a shirt, and I agree that the 390 in Fergus is the same way. Below 55 it's a wonderful slow revving motor. Above 55 the car and the motor and the whole world start to get pissed off.
Blinkers working.
Topped off the fluid?
How many mice have you lost on the side of the road?
This whole insane trip is too cool not to share with the world.
The Googles tells me that it is currently 39 degrees in Chicago. Expected high of 47 degrees with low wind and mostly sunny.
That is exceptional weather for the last weekend of Jan.
The gods are smiling upon you!
Today in Louisville, KY an expected high of 63 degrees!
mazdeuce wrote: A car engine would be a 390 or a 428.
Not necessarily. In cars there were 352s, 390s, 406s, 410s, 427s and 428s. Doubtful it'd be a 406 or a 427 though. Highly.
No matter what it is though, it's still better than the dinosaur Y-block that it would have had from the factory
Is there a new spot feed for today? I'm only seeing locations from yesterday.
I "think" they're still doing to some preventative maintenance on it to get it road worthy. I take that from the lack of movement and his post that the blinkers work now.
-Rob
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