Honda Odyssey and Pilot Forum

I am gauging interest in a group buy/crowdfunding on this. The U-joints have around double the cross section of the stock joints. Replacements joints will be around $35 or less each. The outer diameter of the axle is the same as stock so no clearance issues. The axles will be chromemoly. There is more material in the areas where the stock axles break. They can handle a bit more angle than stock. I am still getting pricing. I did the design a while back, but know it will be expensive to get them made.

The billet intakes I was making were a great success. By integrating the boot and flange back into one, I can get even better blending. The blend starts right after the carb rather than after the bolt on boot. The boots will be urethane. Rather than being inside the flange like the stock intake, the plate will clamp the urethane preventing the need for a gasket. The stock style setup can separate as well.

It seems something went wrong with the emails sent for activation which prevented new users from joining. I activated all the pending users. I still have to figure out the email problem though.

This topic has been moved to Pilot FL400R.

http://www.odysseypilot.com/index.php?topic=3984.0

Most boards do not allow posting for sale right away. It will be allowed here unless it gets abused.

Don't post the same thing in for sale and again in another category. Most people read all the categories so putting in multiple categories just annoys people.

List a price.

List contact information. You can choose to expose your email address to registered members in your profile and note that in the listing.

I see people throw around the word balanced crank about single cylinder engines and removing the counter balancer. I kind of shake my head.

Your piston goes up and down. The crank is made heavier on the side opposite the pin in an effort to offset that. If you were to offset the weight equally (is that what you would consider balanced?), then you got rid of your vertical vibration and replaced it with a fore/aft vibration as the crank weight swings to the front and the rear. If you only offset half the weight and add a counter rotating shaft which also offsets half the weight, the crank and the counter balancer offset each other's fore/aft vibration. Often people want to remove the counter balancer to make the engine spin up faster. You'll get vertical vibration from the piston and rod not being fully compensated for as well as fore/aft vibration from the crank not being compensated for. It would be better from a vibration perspective to cut weight out of the crank and counter balancer and fill with a lighter material. Ideally, the weight would be removed equally from both sides and both parts to not affect the balance.

So here are a couple articles that I really found interesting:

The guy whose work lead to the conclusion of global warming says his predictions did not come true therefore the hysteria is unwarranted:
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/22/green-drivel

Example of people tweaking data to make it fit their theories and/or agenda:
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/hansen-the-climate-chiropractor/

http://www.noora.freewebtools.com/

2012 Race Season

Sat. May 12th
Sat. June 2nd
Sun. June 3rd Enduro
Sat. June 23rd
Sat. Sept. 8th
Sat. Sept. 29th
Sun. Sept. 30 Wheel-to-wheel
Sat. Oct. 20th