Hi all, i know this site is dedicated mainly to the pilot's but am hoping some of you might have or know of some fl250 rear suspension setups, as every post ive found searching on the internet has turned up to be from 05 or before and nothing recently. most of those posts as well have very few how to's or pictures.

any help would be greatly appreciated as i cannot afford a fl350/400 right now and want to get my wife some suspension so it doesnt hurt her back as bad.

Thanks in advance
Alex

Hi welcome to the site, your limited to what you can do on the 250 for rear suspension, their is no kits that I know of.

If your going to fabricate your own you might get some ideas from the challenger I use to own it uses a FL250 gear box.

http://pilotodyssey.com/challengerhome.htm

I forget where I see it but I see another 250 suspension that was like a huge swing arm in the rear, I will look for the pics.

Thanks Hoser, that's a start for sure, i was thinking about just making the rear squared off and a whole swing arm(ive got some 2" square tubinglike 200ft of it) that would make a killer square tube rear section for the Engine and all that stuff. would it hurt for the Engine to pivot with the rear rather than be solid mounted to the frame? i couldnt see it jumping around nearly as much as the solid rear axle makes it.

Here's one that my mate Leon has done...Baz
I will try and find the link to this project.

Here's the link.His nickname's Chewy after Chewbacher-starwars,he does the growl as well!
http://pilotodyssey.com/PO/viewtopi ... ight=leons

bugeye, that's perfect that was what i had in mind, any idea the suspension travel?

i notice that was back in 06, is he opperating it currently? anything he would do different?

No , nothing as yet. The Ody is just about ready for some trials.His mate Steve has rebuilt the motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )),ported,carbed, piped etc I'll be going to see him soon and ask him some details plus some more pics if you want.
Give me a list of your questions and I'll ask him...Baz
He reckon's he's gonna kick my Pilot arse with his $2 fiddy! I will be getting him to race with me at the Northam OR Speedway.

yes more pictures close up, i want to know about the heim joints, im thinking more like a piano hinge style rear, i.e. 6" long round tube with some 6202(or what i determine to work the best) bearings and a solid bar going through the middle of them.

also i was thinking of something along those lines but using typical chevy leaf spring eye bushings but i think the bearings would last forever and a day(not that the bushings wouldn't, could always install a grease fitting in the rod)

that's the one thanks bugeye!

it wont let me post pictures now why not? its smaller than the limit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/ ... 072228.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/ ... 72228a.jpg

these will have to do sorry there so big, but they give good show of what i built today

i was reading in the clymer's manual that it is ubber critical for the drive pulley and Engine pulley to be in the exact same line, anyone by anychance have a factory spec info for that? so i know exactly how to mount my motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) in the new back half?

Send me the pictures you uploaded to photobucket I want to see why you could not upload them here, if your in the limits then they should have uploaded.

pilot400@mchsi.com

they are 178kb and 171kb .jpg as well

They are 1200x960 so it wont take them can you resize to at least 800x600?

The attachment mod is suppose to auto resize them but I cant figure out why it don't.

i figured it might have been physical size, i have nothing that i know of that resizes them

You can change the resolution inside your camera, if your not going to print out the pictures with your printer their is no reason to have it set that high, 640x480 is what most use for the web I see no reason to go higher than 800x600

yah i forget to do that in my cellphone, i mainly do it that big for selling parts off cars and junk that way they can see exactly what they are getting

Here is the camera I use you cant beat the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6830179105

DOH they dropped the price 20 bux since I bought mine.

thanks, my cellphone usually works, and since i usually do this kind of stuff at work, i tend to only have the cellphone.

Try this free download, for your pics and vid management software.You can resize your pics with it...Baz
http://picasa.google.com/download/

bugeye59, thanks for that.

can you ask your buddy where he got the arched shaped upper shock mounts? is it a kit that can be bought or is it something he fabbed?

He fabbed it himself. He has an Air Conditioning-Heating and Eng Business.

ahh, ask him how much he wants for the curved plates please, i can provide the support pieces and stuff but i have no way of cutting out an arch like that.

I love to help out people, but, do you know where I am?
Downunder! Perth Western Australia.
Where are you? You don't show? Anything to hide? Hmm! ...Baz