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Might trade two of my FL250's for an Fl350 project. Driving from Portland Oregon to Carson city NV. The top end to the engine will done for me in the deal I hope.

This is the basic info I have.

I'm doing three top end rebuilds and for Duneit and in return for all my labor which includes pulling the engines and doing a complete check of each Ody, he has given me an fl350 that is partially disassembled. I haven't taken a complete inventory of it yet but it appears to be all there except it is missing right side universal joints. He did also mention that it needed a rear shock which I have a spare. I have not taken the Engine apart yet but from what he says it is at 78.5mm bore. Not sure on this one because he told me the previous owner told him "All three Odyssey's are 78mm bores and no one had touched them". I found one of them had been bored to 80.5 and had been torn apart several times and rode hard and put away wet! Right now it doesn't have any wheels on it but I have a mixed set that I can give to you to get it rolling.

I would love to see you take this bad boy and do a restoration on it! That was my original intention to do for my daughter. Her boyfriend Kolby (Ridindirty) and I were going to do a restoration on it for her. I don't think she's going to want to do this because her and her boyfriend are going to have to pay for supplies and parts and she *****es about money constantly. I can just here her now when I tell her she has to do a bore job on the Engine! LOL It is her son that I was looking into getting the FL250 for.


Early in the deal but it's not CL BS. Good standing member/engine builder on pilotody dot com.

I have $1200 total into both these Ody's

Wish me luck. I have been trying years for a deal like this. Nobody wants to trade down to fl250. I never have $2000 grand to buy a project. And never have $3000 to buy a runner. This deal with give me a fl350 and still have my three challenger Odys.

Would you do it? Have not seen pics of the Ody yet. 10 hours each way.

 

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a 20hr drive! You are going to factor in gas money, and overnight accomodation for the price of the new FL350

Yep. I been trying to trade for years now. If I was buying it with cash things would not be the same. Also the fun factor on an fl350 compared to an fl250 is not even close. Like I said above I never have $2 grand to buy even a nice project.

I got $1200 into my Ody's for trade. Another $250 for gas and hotel. Another $100 for I will be in NV and can gamble at the Casino. Another $1000 in restoring it. Value will be about $3500 to $4000 when done.

At this point I just want my hands on one. Willing to drive all day to get it. And it's in my pocket book for cash on hand. I have seven Ody's so trading two for what I really want is a no brainer. Have to see some pics though.

Going to sweet to have electric start and reverse for sure.

Geeting pics soon. So I still have to see the condition.

Some more history.

The story behind this Ody is that it was 1 of 4 Fl350 Ody's purchased by Duneit. He informed me that the previous owner had broken one of the universal joints on this Ody and he wound up taking parts off this one to repair 2 of them. It supposedly has less hours on it than the others. The three I have rebuilt were worn beyond their service limits, one of them just barely. If I could have found a 78.5mm piston for this one I would have just honed the cylinder on this one and slapped a new piston in it. Couldn't find one so I bored it to 80mm.

He has purchased the replacement parts which were pulled of this Ody except for the universal joints which can be picked of for around 40 bucks a piece. The ones you here about on the board about costing 150 to 300 bucks a piece are those vendors trying to rip off the unknowing rookie Odyssey people. Here is a link to high strength universal's which go for 39.99 a piece.


So if I can talk him into doing the top end I will go for it. Having an fl350 with nice engine is the perfect start for me. I never rebuilt any engine so this would just coost me money and slow me down.

On top of all that you can still race the FL350's. I will not have the fast money machine race ody's like a lot of the FL350 you see racing. But you can still enter races and have fun. As time goes I can add Works Shocks and the A-arm kits they sale for these. People sled engines these all the time as well.
 

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Id offer one 250, see what he says... then maybe throw in some other goodie you have around there... good luck with it though!
 

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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but since the last post was in May, I am assuming that the seal didn't go through for you bighead?

Thats too bad. That FL350 looked bad@ss!
 
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