{"id":2460,"date":"2012-03-26T19:40:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2015-04-04T23:34:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T03:34:17","slug":"700-horsepower-bluebird-bus-engine-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2460","title":{"rendered":"700 Horsepower Bluebird Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an engine swap we don&#8217;t frequently come across. Someone took a Bluebird bush chassis and swapped the original 410hp C13 Caterpillar engine for a 700 horsepower Cummins ISX.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i36.photobucket.com\/albums\/e27\/r-acer\/Bluebird%20Coach\/272_fortvalley20040.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Bluebird bus engine swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i36.photobucket.com\/albums\/e27\/r-acer\/Bluebird%20Coach\/262_6244.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Cummins ISX motor\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i36.photobucket.com\/albums\/e27\/r-acer\/Bluebird%20Coach\/bird227.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Bluebird bus with Cummins engine swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/dodgeforum.com\/forum\/dodge-ram-diesel\/321051-cummins-700hp-engine-swap-for-the-real-piston-heads-on-here.html\">Dodge Forum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an engine swap we don&#8217;t frequently come across. Someone took a Bluebird bush chassis and swapped the original 410hp C13 Caterpillar engine for a 700 horsepower Cummins ISX. Source: Dodge Forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22939,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22939","url_meta":{"origin":2460,"position":0},"title":"Nissan Bluebird with a Turbo 1UZ V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When this 1982 Nissan Bluebird 910 rolled out of the factory it had either a 1.6 L, 1.8 L, or 2.0 L inline-four. 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