Boosted Beater: 2004 Honda Pilot EX
Today’s next Honda Pilot might look like every other well-worn suburban shuttle from the outside, but pop the hood and you’ll discover someone went full Mountain Dew and Jägermeister on it. Instead of the stock J35 intake tract, there’s an Eaton M90 supercharger jammed on top via an adapter plate, feeding boost through an AFE FIC piggyback ECU, wideband, catch can, and all the usual “yeah it makes real power, bro” hardware. Transmission cooler? Installed. Coolant reroute? Done. First-gen MDX wheels? Of course. Water pump and timing set were done recently, and the seller even has extra colder plugs, a poly mount, a spare brake caliper, and the stock manifold plate. The flip side is pure Craigslist energy: the tune vanished when the battery died, the open bypass lets it run but not well, the interior is a war crime, there’s Honda quarter-panel rust, and the oil pan seeps. But if you’ve been dreaming of a budget, boosted, three-row sleeper to confuse Hellcats at a stoplight, this is your moment. Find this 2004 Honda Pilot EX offered for $2200 in Shirley, NY via facecrank yorkbook. Tip from Cory.
From the seller:
2004 supercharged Honda pilot
$2,200 · In stock
Listed in Shirley, NY
Details
Condition
Used – Good
2004 Honda pilot ex 221k
Clean Ny titleGood:
M90 supercharger
Intake manifold adapter plate
AFE FIC piggyback ecu – 93-Octane
AFE wideband
Transmission cooler, (coolant rerouted out of trans)
17 inch 1st Gen MDX rims, tires are ok(still have OEM 16 inch)
Oil Catch can
Parts changed in last 1k miles- water pump and timing set.
Parts on hand- 2 sets of 1 step colder range plugs, 1 poly front mount, pass brake caliper. Stock manifold plate
Bad:
Video is when it was tuned and running a month ago, battery died in my driveway, ecu lost the tune and don’t have the stock tune file.
Does run and drive, with bypass open.
Interior is 3/10, needs seats, passenger seatbelt and steering wheel, plus a deep clean.
Leaks a little bit from oil pan seal.
Typical Honda rust on quarters
Need the money, My loss is your gain
Would consider trades for late 90’s Honda/nissan/toyota
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This is the thing of project car nightmares. You know when you wake up in a cold sweat thinking you actually acquired this and it now resides in your driveway. I can’t be the only one who has these types of nightmares. :)