LS in a School Bus???
Buy a retard bus, ie the "short wheelbase" Blue Bird. Its still a hulking school bus chassis/body/axles/air brakes but in a manageable size. Most of them came with a roof mounted a/c unit and tinted windows.
Most of them in your budget(ie 10 to 20 years old) came with a loud, but faultless Cummins ISB 5.9 inline six, or maybe a 3.9 inline four Cummins, same engine with two less cylinders. They were almost always pared with an allison automatic in school bus applications.
Most of them in your budget(ie 10 to 20 years old) came with a loud, but faultless Cummins ISB 5.9 inline six, or maybe a 3.9 inline four Cummins, same engine with two less cylinders. They were almost always pared with an allison automatic in school bus applications.
Another thing to consider is resale. I'm guessing you'll lose money owning an RV. But also guessing you might have to give away a bus conversion.
A "short bus" might be easier to store, drive, etc.. A 6.2 with VVT might even move something like that decently.
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/rvd/4224843662.html
A "short bus" might be easier to store, drive, etc.. A 6.2 with VVT might even move something like that decently.
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/rvd/4224843662.html
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I have looked at those smaller ones even airport shuttles. The problem is that we will most likely lodge inside it as well so the more room the better. With 9 Kids we would have to rent two or 3 hotel rooms and never sleep in the same bed as the old lady.
EDIT>>> She isnt old. shes only 27.
Just in case she looks over my shoulder at some point haha
EDIT>>> She isnt old. shes only 27.
Just in case she looks over my shoulder at some point haha
I say go an RV with BBC or 8.1. It might be a little more than a trashed school bus. But add a vacu flush toilet, there's $1k. Water system, Cooking, AC, entertainment, generator....etc. You get the idea.
Just get an RV. And an LS, unless it's an LS454, is going to be too small.
Btw, towing a vehicle involves a lot. The hitch, lighting, transmission and braking (on the towed car).
Just get an RV. And an LS, unless it's an LS454, is going to be too small.
Btw, towing a vehicle involves a lot. The hitch, lighting, transmission and braking (on the towed car).
I vote for the school bus idea
Most auction around 4500-6000 in my area
Miles an year play on that too
Id get a mid 90s Ford with 6bt/allison combo an roll with it
I know u like the idea of an ls swap but for what u need, I vote for a diesel hands down
An cummins too
Id pass on anything with a dt444
But a dt466 is a good one to right inline with the 6bt IMO
Most auction around 4500-6000 in my area
Miles an year play on that too
Id get a mid 90s Ford with 6bt/allison combo an roll with it
I know u like the idea of an ls swap but for what u need, I vote for a diesel hands down
An cummins too
Id pass on anything with a dt444
But a dt466 is a good one to right inline with the 6bt IMO
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im certainly not comparing them, My whole thought of an LSX was that one bus already had an international 392 engine in it. And that so many motor homes have bbc's in them. So an LSX should rock in place of one of those in any other application why not here too.
Don't get me wrong on any of post
It be a cool swap but u need the grunt of a bigblock or a diesel to pull about 20,000 pounds around an get any fuel mileage IMO
But if u do it I would build a iron block 408 ported 317 heads 9:1 comp small cam in the 210-225 duration with a ton of lift an a stock truck intake manifold
That should make a ton of low in tq that u need to get a bus moving an still run on 87
It be a cool swap but u need the grunt of a bigblock or a diesel to pull about 20,000 pounds around an get any fuel mileage IMO
But if u do it I would build a iron block 408 ported 317 heads 9:1 comp small cam in the 210-225 duration with a ton of lift an a stock truck intake manifold
That should make a ton of low in tq that u need to get a bus moving an still run on 87