Honda FL250
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Welcome to the forum. The Ody FL250 is a cool kart. There are loads of build threads on the forum, most of them by a member called Bighead. Do a search and a bit of reading and you will definately find something
OzFab
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Why would you deface an Ody by putting a predator on it?
Yeah. Did you just get the bare frame?
OzFab
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Man... I had an old 250 Honda Oddysey. But mine did not have a starter. It was pull start... no electric. But Im no expert on them so it very well may have had an electric starter that was not working. It has been a long time ago. But I agree with everyone else... don't replace the engine. Keep the original engine for so many reasons. All of this being my opinion or course so good luck either way you go.
Check ebay. There are loads of ody parts for sale
OzFab
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If you must change the engine, do so with as little mods as possible; don't cut into the original frame, add to it so it can be easily removed later. Then, in your own time, rebuild the original engine & refit it
fowler
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Can I put a Mitsubishi colt motor in a 1950s Jaguar
Hell no
If u can't find a starter u may be better selling it and buying a different working cart
If u do do an engine swap then at least use a bike engine or better a snow mobile engine
If u just want a small engines kart then the sort of working kart u are looking for is worth far less than a dead ody
These are consided sorta historic as they were the first mass produced off road kart
And are still consided good performers
Hell no
If u can't find a starter u may be better selling it and buying a different working cart
If u do do an engine swap then at least use a bike engine or better a snow mobile engine
If u just want a small engines kart then the sort of working kart u are looking for is worth far less than a dead ody
These are consided sorta historic as they were the first mass produced off road kart
And are still consided good performers
What engine do you recommend using
I prefer something simple because I'm new at this
The most I've done so far is an engine swap of a yerf dog 3203
fowler
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What ever u can find
Something of similar displacement and 2 stroke
Or something a little larger in 4 stroke
Nothing is going to be simple
It will require welding new mounts on and working out how things go on
A bike or snow mobile will be easiest in the sense the ody is setup for that kind of mounting
But an industrial engine is an all in one package
Why so u not want to fix the ody engine?
They are two stroke
There's tin openers that are more complex than those engines
Something of similar displacement and 2 stroke
Or something a little larger in 4 stroke
Nothing is going to be simple
It will require welding new mounts on and working out how things go on
A bike or snow mobile will be easiest in the sense the ody is setup for that kind of mounting
But an industrial engine is an all in one package
Why so u not want to fix the ody engine?
They are two stroke
There's tin openers that are more complex than those engines
OzFab
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B.M.800
TheBeal.
Dont botch that oddy up.
That predator would work with the proper mounts. Im thinking you will also need to get a Comet 40 TC or a clone TC....
I do not thing any engine smaller than a 9HP is going to do very well on a FL250. They are biggish heavier karts that need more power than what you are suggesting to put in
OzFab
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Does the axle currently have a sprocket?
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