It sounds like there's a GM diesel engine in this bus.
Where I live, the Flyer diesel buses built from 1976 on back had a different make of engine. It was a two stroke diesel but much deeper sounding and noisier than a GM engine. Cummins, maybe?
This is a nice video. I remember these flyer buses in Boston as a kid and they stopped using them in the late 1990s, 1996-1997. I enjoyed this. Thanks for posting!
2-stroke diesel of about 300 horsepower... very unique sounding engines. They sound different because they fire at every revolution instead of every other revolution as with a four-stroke engine.
Gpizzle I think i saw you hanging out with your friends at Macdonalds in Metrotown i think it was you cuz it likes like you in the exact same look in the video
As a kid I always wondered what made those busses sound different. From what I've read since then, those Spicer transmissions were used in old T-drive busses like Flxibles in the early-60's and Flyers in the late-60's/early-70's. The V-drive busses like Flyers from late-70's onwards and all the GM Fishbowls are the ones that used those Allison transmissions.
Lol i miss the flyer E800's i wish they came back but i am pleased TRAMS have some of the flyer buses please do make a video of the 1981 flyer d901a which is from trams to
It sounds like there's a GM diesel engine in this bus.
Where I live, the Flyer diesel buses built from 1976 on back had a different make of engine. It was a two stroke diesel but much deeper sounding and noisier than a GM engine. Cummins, maybe?
nmtoc 3 years ago
@nmtoc - What city was this that you rode the Flyer's from 1976?
busrailfan 2 years ago
This is a nice video. I remember these flyer buses in Boston as a kid and they stopped using them in the late 1990s, 1996-1997. I enjoyed this. Thanks for posting!
burbank 4 years ago
2-stroke diesel of about 300 horsepower... very unique sounding engines. They sound different because they fire at every revolution instead of every other revolution as with a four-stroke engine.
douro20 4 years ago
Gpizzle I think i saw you hanging out with your friends at Macdonalds in Metrotown i think it was you cuz it likes like you in the exact same look in the video
Jomar574 5 years ago
i never heard of spicer transmissions i thought detroit diesel engines had allison transmissions
jaggass 5 years ago
As a kid I always wondered what made those busses sound different. From what I've read since then, those Spicer transmissions were used in old T-drive busses like Flxibles in the early-60's and Flyers in the late-60's/early-70's. The V-drive busses like Flyers from late-70's onwards and all the GM Fishbowls are the ones that used those Allison transmissions.
PintoMusic 5 years ago
Flyers used V-drive transmissions beginning with the D800B models. AM Generals couldn't use T drive because they were USA-only models.
ClassicTVFan82 4 years ago
I want the Flyer E800 TROLLIES BACK
Jomar574 5 years ago
Lol i miss the flyer E800's i wish they came back but i am pleased TRAMS have some of the flyer buses please do make a video of the 1981 flyer d901a which is from trams to
Jomar574 5 years ago
You and that long hair long ago! lol!
general682002 5 years ago
D'OH, didn't realize I panned the camera onto myself at the end, LOL
gprizzle 5 years ago
Where is this place
Jomar574 5 years ago
near Granville Island, Vancouver.
gprizzle 5 years ago
Vancouver, BC
Jayayess1190 5 years ago