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Originally Posted by laurencekarl
Ha good for you. You'll love it. They are fun to drive and ride in. My dad has an old scenicuiser that is huge. It is much more aerodynamic than the MCI and modern buses. The front part is low to the ground and then about 10-15 feet back where the storage bays are it goes up a level. It has a kitchen (gas stove, sink, microwave), bathroom with shower, a table with booths, and 4 beds. It's a piece of junk and stuff is always breaking down but he likes to work on it (which is why it is always breaking) amd fun. He put a big diesel with a turbo in it. I can't remember which model but I do remember that it is 8 cylinders. It is pretty fast for a bus. Ok so I was looking over the factory engines and I am almost positive it is an 8V-91 which I assume is 910 cubic inches. That with a big turbo and larger injectors puts out some power. How much I don't know but you definitely feel it.
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Detroit engines are sized this way: 8 is for the number of cylinders, 91 is for cubic inches per cylinder. While I'm not familiar with an 891, there were 892's with turbo, also there were 871's as well earlier on.
Correct me if I'm wrong as I don't know all the configurations of these Detroit engines, the Detroit line up also included 453, 471, 492 I think, also were 653, 671, 692 V-six turbo, as well as a non-turbo 871, and turbo 892, and then there are the V-12's 1271, 1292, and I think 16 cylinder engines as well. What's interesting is that the pistons from a 471 will fit all 71 cube engines as many parts are interchangeable.