Bisi Ezerioha and his company Southern California-based company Bisimoto Engineering, need no introduction.
For years, Bisi has been cooking up cars which might be each fast and interesting, and back in 2014, Larry and Mike featured certainly one of his most iconic creations – a Honda Odyssey packing four-figure horsepower output. What’s this minivan on steroids all about? Let’s test it out in one other throwback post from the Speedhunters archive…
2014 Feature
Bisi Ezerioha knows the right way to construct a quick and completely functional automobile, and the right way to do it with show car-like attention to detail and aesthetics. In a world increasingly focused on stance and looking out cool, Bisi is all about keeping performance alive in a giant way.
The thing I like most about Bisi is the way in which that he likes to play with unconventional vehicles. Sure you’ve seen his incredible Porsche builds, nevertheless it’s not all sports cars and exotics for him. The person is just as famous for creating more odd cars like his Honda Insight drag automotive or popular Honda Civic wagon project.
And for those who’re on the lookout for unconventional, this Bisimoto project is about pretty much as good because it gets. It’s a 1,000+ horsepower Honda Odyssey minivan, and from the moment we saw it on display at the 2013 SEMA Show, we knew we wanted to pay money for it for a full feature.
Thankfully, Larry was in a position to spend a while with the van on the streets of Southern California and now we are able to share the total story on this one-of-a-kind creation.
Bisi likes nothing greater than blazing latest paths, and when the minivan construct began, the goal was to prove that any automotive may very well be made fun – even when it was originally designed to haul families in comfort.
So starting with a showroom-fresh 2014 Honda Odyssey, Bisimoto started working on constructing something for the horsepower-hungry racer who happens to have a family.
The principal idea was to construct a radical sleeper out of this minivan, and to be honest an Odyssey with even 4 or five hundred horsepower could be good enough for crazy reactions and big grins on the road.
But that is Bisimoto, and the plan wasn’t just to construct an Odyssey that was deceivingly quick, but to construct something completely off the wall. Look under the hood of this van and also you’ll find the identical J35 V6 that powers the stock version, but that’s about where the similarities end.
The motor was torn down and completely rebuilt in Bisimoto’s climate-controlled clean room with heavy-duty parts like Arias 9.0:1 forged pistons, R&R rods, Golden Eagle sleeves and ARP head studs and bolts. Up top, the heads received a full porting job and the engine was also fitted with a set of Bisimoto/Web Level 2.4 cams and a valve train from Supertech.
All the engine work was done to arrange the motor for a healthy dose of forced induction, which might are available in the shape of a Bisimoto custom turbo kit that uses an enormous Turbonetics BTX7265 turbine, RG45 wastegate and Godzilla blow-off-valve.
The kit also includes an unlimited Spearco intercooler that dominates the van’s front end. It’s certainly one of the few external signs that hint on the Odyssey’s performance.
Elsewhere, the engine is controlled by a full AEM Infinity 8 system and is stuffed with high-end PurOl Elite synthetic motor oil. It’s also been built to run an E85 flex-fuel system.
Since this can be a street vehicle, the boost and power could be set at various levels, with the high boost setting putting out a mind-bending 1,029hp. That’s not only sleeper status, it’s pure insanity!
One in all the largest challenges on the project got here not from the motor, but from the transmission set-up. Like all minivans, the Odyssey is just sold with an automatic transmission – so Bisi went through the tremendous task of converting the van to a manual using a 6-speed gearbox from an Acura TL Type S.
The transmission swap was removed from a bolt-in affair, considering the routing of the pedals and the position of the Odyssey’s shifter. Sure it may need been easier to get the 6-speed in there nonetheless they may, however the goal was to have every little thing look as factory as possible – whatever the work involved.
While the van is putting out an incredible amount of horsepower, the Odyssey was designed for the road – so loads of effort was taken to make it look as cool as possible.
If it weren’t for that massive intercooler coming out of the front bumper, you would easily be fooled into pondering this was only a VIP-inspired street cruiser.
Fairly than running a stiff competition suspension, the Odyssey has been fitted with an adjustable set-up from Air Ride Equipment, which may make the massive van hit the deck with the flip of a switch.
Helping much more within the style department is a set of Tarmac R40 wheels from Fifteen52.
The custom-built wheels measure 20 inches in diameter and are wrapped in 255/30R20 Toyo T1 Sport tires at each corner.
A very important a part of the vision for the construct was to have a van that was not only fast but could carry a family around in comfort – just as the usual Odyssey does.
Not only does the minivan have all of the creature comforts of the stock model, nevertheless it’s also got some cool luxury touches like full leather upholstery from an outfit called SOS.
There’s also a one-off Bisimoto 4-point roll cage with custom powder-coating by RJ Coatings.
Let’s not forget the family goodies, just like the real Honda roof-mounted accessory box and the Recaro child seat.
As with every automotive that Bisimoto builds, the eye to detail is just top-notch – whether it’s the position of the air suspension controls in the middle console.
Or the Racepak IQ3 dash system cleanly set into the factory instrument hood.
The results of Bisimoto’s work is images like this: a minivan destroying its front tires on the road. Even at each day driver boost settings (600hp), there’s no traction in gears 1-3 and at full boost, you won’t find traction in any gear.
As Bisi says, that just means less stress on the drivetrain!
Even with all of the crazy cars he has built, we’re told the Odyssey has been the shop’s hottest project yet. When you concentrate on how off-the-wall this thing is, it’s not surprising in any respect.
Mike Garrett
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Photos by Larry Chen
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