DocM Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 What do you get when you take a GE J79 fighter engine and put it in a school bus? A 367 mph (590.63 kph) gas guzzler. http://youtu.be/KQ2iNOmPI-0 Buttus and Dotdot 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze_Zewi Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I'll never be late for school again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam14160 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Just when you think you seen it all. . . :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 the number on it should have been 636 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted February 22, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 22, 2015 i am surprised the bus did not fall apart at this sleep. the air pressure at such sleep, and the shape of it. it might last 1 short trip to this speed ok, but i would not want to be inside it, if it is tried more then once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted February 23, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just because it shares the same exterior characteristics of a school bus, don't believe that it still has the same interior of a school bus. Much like a Stock Car does not resemble anything, interior wise, to it's street counter part. A nascar camry is not the same camry that you would buy at a toyota dealership, the roof lines maybe the same...everything else is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted February 23, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted February 23, 2015 I half expected it to take off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This is quite old, but yeah, I would not want to be in a school bus doing any faster than 45. Hell the times we went on field trips, they were uncomfortable. The suspensions on these buses aren't the best, so you're bouncing up and down driving through the highway. I'm sure this bus is heavily modified engine, body/suspension, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Saw this at my local drag strip back in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 There have been quite a few variations of jet-powered busses (not always school busses) on tour around North America - there are at least two TRANSIT BUSSES with similar drivetrains also on tour. The chassis (not the body) is quite standard - it is a Freightliner FS-65 with safety modifications for the drivetrain. (The FS-65 is, in fact, a chassis built specifically for school and activity-bus use, and only for fellow-Freightliner subsidiary Thomas Bus Bodies of High Point, NC. Once Freightliner retired the FS-65, Thomas moved entirely to body-on-chassis construction for school and activity busses.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Just now, PGHammer said: There have been quite a few variations of jet-powered busses (not always school busses) on tour around North America - there are at least two TRANSIT BUSSES with similar drivetrains also on tour. The chassis (not the body) is quite standard - it is a Freightliner FS-65 with safety modifications for the drivetrain. (The FS-65 is, in fact, a chassis built specifically for school and activity-bus use, and only for fellow-Freightliner subsidiary Thomas Bus Bodies of High Point, NC. Once Freightliner retired the FS-65, Thomas moved entirely to body-on-chassis construction for school and activity busses.) 15 month old thread dude +Raze and tsupersonic 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Well school districts would go bankrupt just by the costs of the JP4! JP-4 would not ignite the mixture. JP-4 froze at −76 °F (−60 °C), and its maximum burning temperature was 6,670 °F (3,688 °C) The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack W Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 As long as they don't put that in the buses around here. The drivers already drive crazy enough 'round here. The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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