Through some fancy wheeling and dealing I have finally turned a childhood dream of the ultimate off road Go-kart to reality. I have acquired a much adorned FL350. I love things that are relatively stock. Bolt on mods that add much needed horsepower are my favorite, living threw the frustrations of re-inventing the wheel are not. I do enjoy the labors of the well thought out Honda engineers who have struggled to make a turn key joy ride such as the fl350 a reality. Unfortunately finding an unmolested vehicle that was made for only one year isn't always possible. I am no stranger to machines, I love to weld, upgrade, and build engines; but sometimes things that bolt together just feel so right.
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My latest struggle is piecing together this Odyssey. It finally moved under its own power last night after several months of blood, sweat, and tears of finding and piecing together parts. Due to some "back yard engineering" from the previous owner it has a twin cylinder
Engine from a 1979 Polaris Apollo 340cc. They cut off the front Engine mounts from the Odyssey and welded on the Engine plate from the snowmobile straight to the frame. The Engine runs well, with good compression and power. I just cant get the power to the wheels because the belt is too long and out of alignment. If you can see from the pictures, the Engine is welded in crooked, not only horizontal, but vertically as well.
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I have a welder, but I'm unsure where to go from here. I could attempt to align the existing Engine plate, and find a custom size belt. (I have similar belt to stock size Gates 38x4420.) Or try to go back to stock, because the last owner gave me a complete FL350 long block and wiring harness.
Another Idea I had was to weld on the stock Engine mounts from a stock Fl350 and buy a Engine plate from Farr-offroad. (Leaning toward)
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Either way I have to fix the way the Engine mounts to the frame. One idea was to find a front Engine mount frame cutoff from a Fl350, closest I found was this Pilot cutoff.(far right)
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/151532673002?_t ... EBIDX%3AITIf you have a frame cutout for the front mounts or perhaps a measurement so I can try to reconstruct them would be appreciated. Any suggestions?