1989 Honda Pilot FL400 Rotax 670 H.O. Build Log FL670
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- This is the build slideshow of my Pilot. I have not yet taken it on any rides because i am still working on the carburetor tuning. Once i have it dialed in i will try and get as much footage as i can of me riding it as well as onboard footage!
Engine mounts to install this rotax engine can be purchased from my friend at www.farr-offroad.com. That engine mount on his site i personally helped build. It is very strong and alows direct drop in of a Rotax engine with Seadoo downdraft carburetors.
He also offers bumpers, disk brake kits and other awesome parts. check out!
Cool to come back to this vid. Nitro was part of the inspiration to rotax swap all of our odyssey fl350s. Started with 583s and now have 2 with 670ho's 1 with a higher compression 670 and 1 with a 617. Also 3 are long travel .
Yup, just old school stuff. with the 670 behind me, the disks are a nice addition to get this beast slowed down quick!
Been watching your videos for a while now and I wish I was your neighbor! Awesome builds! 👍
Very nice work, coming from a welder/fabricator myself. 💪
thanks for the compliment. I went with the TRX Spindles and Hubs to have the front disk brakes and 4+1 wheels (close to stock offset to reduce feedback in steering). The stock drum brakes are okay if you adjust them all the time, but i like the convenience of the disks
Thanks for the compliments!
Awesome build bro. The Pilots/ Odyssey's were always a favorite of mine. Way to bring it back from the grave!
What an awesome job and an awesome fun machine. Id love to do something similar.
ah that makes perfect sense, i rode one a few years ago, didnt realize they had drums up front
They are quite different. Certains parts interchange. The seats will fit in either one, but they are slightly different, the steering wheel will fit either one, but again they are slighty different. Most parts are different but there are a few that will interchange.
i just bought a fl350 for $2,000 and its nice...i will post a vid of it soon and my other toys SOON hopefully...my cam is ready to go!!
great job
I am an hour south of spokane. And i would say the pilot is much better than the odyssey. Suspension is better, they are liquid cooled stock, ect. If you had to choose between the two i would say a pilot all the way, but they are much harder to find and usually much more expensive. a decent pilot you would be lucky to find for under 4k, you can get a decent fl350 for 2k if you look hard enough
A true Honda Pilot! Not this minivan bullshit they have out now lol.
Who the F*%# disliked this video?! Outstanding work bro, I’d love to own that!
3 of the fenders are still available from honda dealers i believe. the right front i think is discontinued. The side panels are discontinued as well as foot tub. You may get lucky and find a set on ebay but expect to pay lots. I got my fenders while they were still in stock.
can't please everyone. press mute and the music is gone. or play song of your choice in background. it is just a slideshow, so music has no effect. my running videos have no music, so watch those .
I would love to have one of those
THe engine fits quite nicely. To make it really easy, contact my friend at farr-offroad (w w w . far-offroad . com)(remove spaces in the link), buy the engine mount that i helped him design, and the engine bolts in with the SeaDoo carburetors.other than that, you use the stock pilot belt and transmission.
How did the factory tranny hold up to the rotax
Very Awesome. I have an RC51 engine I'm looking to do something with. This may be my answer..
feel free to ask any questions. also, visit the forums at w w w . pilotodyssey . com. you can see many different engine conversons and rebuilds in the project section.
One like this? I built it. You can buy a stock pilot on ebay or craigslist sometimes. They are fairly rare. expect to pay around $5000
Sorry I’m a little late but congrats on such an amazing build!! I have to say it is the best I have ever seen😍 are these go karts suitable for tall people?
depends on how tall. there are a couple things you can do to make a little extra leg room on a stock machine. Once i put the 670 motor in them the seats had to be slid forward a little ways.
which do you prefer,oddysey or pilot...this will decide which one i might buy,thankyou
I would of thought that woulda pulled wheelies with that engine ? I've seen so many others in CZcams with sled motors doing it
Very clean seriously nice fab work why'd you go wit trx hubs? Did you widen it or something?
I'd have loved to watch this, but the music turned me off.
I live in Washington, have fl400 and fl350s, and like your work. is there a way to speak with you?
You can send me an email mattbass25 at gmail com. I tried to post the full email a couple times and it doesnt look like it posted.
NICE!
I wonder why Honda doesnt bring the Pilot back. Maybe with an XR650 single, or the new 650 twin only found on a motorcycle destined for europe for now.
Yeah im not sure why honda has not at least jumped on the performace UTV craze. Im not really sure if a single seat buggy would sell that well unless you could price it at about half of what a 2 seater would cost. It would be cool to see though. Even start producing this exact buggy again. It doesnt have bad looks or performance. Maybe tweak the suspention, install a 4 stroke to meet emissions but leave the rest alone. It works great!
I see these little single seat and two seat rails at Glamis powered by Suzuki GSX-R 750 and 1000 engines. I think they would be such hot sellers, but not everybody thinks like us do they,,lol.
is the honda odyssey frame the same as the honda pliot n are the parts compatible with each other
Hey man what did this project run you? Minus the ebay pilot. Parts and paint.? Thanks
does anyone know where to find a reverse light replacement lens???
Nice!!
I'll try it with straight Neil Young- none of that remixed s*^t. I didn't mean it as an attack to you. I didn't think most people ever read the comments on their videos. We have similar tastes in other things, so please accept my apology. Best, Nick.
I like your idea for the engine mount. How thick of steel did you use? Was that bend tricky to get right?
I used 1/4" when I built the prototype. the one Farr off-road builds based on my design is 3/16". I think 1/4 is slightly overkill but its what we had on hand at the time. bend wasn't that bad. lined up the transmission straight piece, measured out the amount we needed to bend and heat the plate with a torch and bend. you can buy these mounts from Farr-Offroad.com now. it's based off of my design. pretty much identicle.
It looks like you welded those plates to tubing. Or was it solid round stock with a hole drilled for the bolt?
+John Courtney it was tubing with the inner diameter turned to be exactly the same as the pilot rubber mounts. this way I re used the rubber mount from the pilot engine. if I redid the mount. I'd make it use an off the shelf rubber or polyurethane bushing in case it ever needed replaced it would be easy to obtain
+nitrosport5 Do you like the +2.5 extended a-arm?. Do you wish you had more, like +4? How's the bump steer? Do you even notice it with the steering stabilizer?
+John Courtney no actually I don't. it wonders pretty bad due to the bump steer. I plan to build a bump steer kit for it. make the tierods pivot at the same point as the a arms. it should eliminate all of this. I don't have a steering stabilizer on this pilot. my newest build is a true long travel setup with a bump steer kit. it handles amazing and I haven't rode this one in a year because the other one works so much better. I also put power steering on the long travel pilot so the arm pump on long rides is virtually none. it is so much more pleasant to ride. awesome suspension, power steering and 125hp. it is unstoppable!
How did ya get all them parts
I picked up a rotax out of a sea doo. is it possible to put a clutch on that motor
+vegasrased I wont say that is impossible, but extremely difficult. You will be better off selling that engine and buying a snowmobile engine. It would save you tons of time and money in the long run. Plus, some of the watercraft engines had a wet exhaust system. its another thing that needs to be addressed.
hey,i live in washington too...where around ?
hard to believe anyone would let a fl400 languish outside in the weeds like that wtf i wish i could find one like that owner probably had no clue what he/she had.
what song is that and nice buggy
its "old man" by the redlight kings
Ive been messing with Pilots and Odysseys for 2-3 years i would say. I can try and help figure the issue out if you guys need help. You can also try posting over on pilotodyssey . com message boards. Lots of great people there that would also be eager to help.
Want to sell it?
Bobby Bryan No. Its actually sitting without a motor, i have plans to redo the suspention to true long travel sometime in the future.
No worries, well when & if that time comes let me know. Thats one sweet machine you have built.
Contact Nick scvtelecom@sbcglobal net he may have a used one. he usually has quite a few parts.