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Cylinder/Head / Tribute to Calvin Pollet the cylinder sculpture
« on: October 25, 2014, 12:53:24 AM »
I thought I would join and post some Vintage Calvin Pollet Cammex engine I have. It's 360 Cammex racing products water cooled jug and head on an FL250 Honda Odyssey bottom end. Not only is the jug and head Cammex Calvin even casted the Odysseys cases. amazing!!!!!
I talked to Calvin thru emails and this is what he told me.
You do indeed have a piece of Odyssey Racing history, GREAT FIND!
The Engine is a CAMMEX Racing Products, (CRP) 250cc Engine.....(unless it had one of the "Open Class" engines, then it could be as large as a 360cc), The cylinder was the same cylinder and head that we made to fit onto the 81-84 ATC250R Engine, that cylinder and head were built for the 250 class AND the open class, so the only way to tell which you may have is to pull the head and take some measurements.
We built the cases for the Odyssey to adapt the existing Cammex cylinders to that Engine compartment. The Engine should run very well, ones just like that, (in fact....could have been that one....lol), won quite a few AATVA Nationals in their day.
There were many guys that ran the engines, but you might look for anything about one of the "Bagus" brothers, (may have been spelled "Bogus"), the two brothers ran very hard, won several major races, and I believe at least one of them, (Mike Bagus.....I think), either won or took 2nd in the National Championship Points a year or two.
I WOULD LOVE to find one of those for playing at Little Sahara, even though they were closed course machines, (before there were "side-by-sides"....lol), they would be a BLAST in the dunes!
When you have to tear it down, take down some numbers and call the shop.....I would be glad to help you keep it fresh and going strong.
I posted some youtube vids as well. This ride up my block was the only time I drove it. It waiting for restore now. This was first ride after car has been sitting 20 years plus.
I notice no pics of his early work so I thought it would be cool to post some info. This car would have been built in the late 70's early 80's. I try to tell people how special my engine is. They just don't get it. I do or We do.......
RIP CP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UBh1UvzBxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2dhthkHOiU
I talked to Calvin thru emails and this is what he told me.
You do indeed have a piece of Odyssey Racing history, GREAT FIND!
The Engine is a CAMMEX Racing Products, (CRP) 250cc Engine.....(unless it had one of the "Open Class" engines, then it could be as large as a 360cc), The cylinder was the same cylinder and head that we made to fit onto the 81-84 ATC250R Engine, that cylinder and head were built for the 250 class AND the open class, so the only way to tell which you may have is to pull the head and take some measurements.
We built the cases for the Odyssey to adapt the existing Cammex cylinders to that Engine compartment. The Engine should run very well, ones just like that, (in fact....could have been that one....lol), won quite a few AATVA Nationals in their day.
There were many guys that ran the engines, but you might look for anything about one of the "Bagus" brothers, (may have been spelled "Bogus"), the two brothers ran very hard, won several major races, and I believe at least one of them, (Mike Bagus.....I think), either won or took 2nd in the National Championship Points a year or two.
I WOULD LOVE to find one of those for playing at Little Sahara, even though they were closed course machines, (before there were "side-by-sides"....lol), they would be a BLAST in the dunes!
When you have to tear it down, take down some numbers and call the shop.....I would be glad to help you keep it fresh and going strong.
I posted some youtube vids as well. This ride up my block was the only time I drove it. It waiting for restore now. This was first ride after car has been sitting 20 years plus.
I notice no pics of his early work so I thought it would be cool to post some info. This car would have been built in the late 70's early 80's. I try to tell people how special my engine is. They just don't get it. I do or We do.......
RIP CP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UBh1UvzBxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2dhthkHOiU