Hello everyone,
I have an ambition to preserve one the Dennis/Transbus Trident Alexander ALX400 buses that used to work the Route 94 Piccadilly Circus to Acton Green before they got replaced with those Streetdeck looking Gemini Volvo things (I think they are B5LH's but I am not 100%) in 2016.
So this got me thinking about taking on a project that I would like to do in this life as a personal challenge to myself. I am aware that the Dennis/Transbus Trident Alexander ALX400's use the Cummins ISCe Euro 3 engines on post November 2001 vehicles and are rated at about 220hp. Now this has got me thinking about the condition of the engine of the potential bus that I am planning to preserve. As scouring about the net and finding other examples including eBay. The price of the buses are anything from £11000 to about £25000 depending on specs or upgrades they have had. So if I bought let's say a 53-reg for a good deal but the engine is so-so due to age and heavy usage. I am curious to know if something like a reconditioned Caterpillar C9 engine would be a good replacement for the Cummins ISCe engine? Or would the C9 be too large to fit?
I have always liked the sound of the Caterpillar C9 engines as they do roar a bit. But I appreciate any information and feedback on my project. Here is a photo of TLA24/SN53KHZ below.
London United TLA24 SN53KHZ by BritishRail60062, on Flickr
Moderators: Please feel free to move this topic if I have posted it in the wrong place and please accept my apologies in advance. Thank you.
I have an ambition to preserve one the Dennis/Transbus Trident Alexander ALX400 buses that used to work the Route 94 Piccadilly Circus to Acton Green before they got replaced with those Streetdeck looking Gemini Volvo things (I think they are B5LH's but I am not 100%) in 2016.
So this got me thinking about taking on a project that I would like to do in this life as a personal challenge to myself. I am aware that the Dennis/Transbus Trident Alexander ALX400's use the Cummins ISCe Euro 3 engines on post November 2001 vehicles and are rated at about 220hp. Now this has got me thinking about the condition of the engine of the potential bus that I am planning to preserve. As scouring about the net and finding other examples including eBay. The price of the buses are anything from £11000 to about £25000 depending on specs or upgrades they have had. So if I bought let's say a 53-reg for a good deal but the engine is so-so due to age and heavy usage. I am curious to know if something like a reconditioned Caterpillar C9 engine would be a good replacement for the Cummins ISCe engine? Or would the C9 be too large to fit?
I have always liked the sound of the Caterpillar C9 engines as they do roar a bit. But I appreciate any information and feedback on my project. Here is a photo of TLA24/SN53KHZ below.
London United TLA24 SN53KHZ by BritishRail60062, on Flickr
Moderators: Please feel free to move this topic if I have posted it in the wrong place and please accept my apologies in advance. Thank you.