Looks like a very nice ride. I don't know to much about this chassis but you mentioned MPG. I can tell you that speed greatly effects mileage. Dad is a bus conversion guy. He was excited to get his Prevost with the 8V92 Detroit cranked up t0 450+ HP. He even called me on his first trip from IN to FL to tell me that he was passing cars while climbing Monteagle. He quickly discovered that flogging those horses cost him dearly in fuel. His coach would easily run 75mph all day. Dad found that backing off to about 60 made a big difference in fuel consumption and he got to where he was going almost as fast anyway.
P.S. I think that you have a good idea with the 10spd trans. Dad is putting one in his current Prevost project. It is a 45' coach and will be pushed by a 12.7 Detroit with a 10spd autoshift.
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AndyG
1989 FLD120 with 2000 NRC conversion
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