I want a fast golf cart!
2006-12-11 13:18:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Hmm, it's a simple matter of hooking the chain drive by chain to the rear axle of the golf cart.
I dont know how a gold cart engine drives the axle, so it could possibly require some custom work in that area.
What would most definitely require a lof of customization and metal fab skills would be creating a proper engine mount and then routing the throtle and clutch cables through the vehicle to keep them protected yet accessable as well as building some means of shifting(engine is in the back, need the pedal in the front)
It's not a question you'll have a simple answer to there are a lot of variables depending on what engine you'll be using, and what sort of golf cart you'll be trying to install it in.
Also the physics and center of gravity attributed to a golf cart arent ideal for higher speeds, so it wouldnt be quite safe to drive I'd imagine.
2006-12-11 13:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by NecroPsyChroNauTron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about an "electric" golf cart then lots of problems as they use no transmission. The electric motor, since it has full torque at all rpms doesn't need one for the speeds used on a golf course. Some of the gas models have used belt drive with centrifigual clutch systems such as you can find at comet clutches website. The chain drive would have to be adapted to whatever axle you had in there. I can't imagine that this would be worthwhile to do,but is certainly possible to do. I had a friend who was given a very old ATV that used a lawnmower engine with belt drive on it. He took that all off and put a 250 Kawasaki street bike engine on it with chain drive and it would go like all heck. Gearing wasn't right for off road, but that 3 wheeler would go fast enough to kill you if you let it. :-) Street gears had some kind of top end. :-)
2006-12-11 21:29:52 · answer #2 · answered by mohavedesert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost anyting is possible if you want to spend enough money on it.
You would have to mount the motorcycle engine where the lawn mower engine is now.
Then you would have to figure out a way to get the power from the engine to the axle.
Many golf carts are run by a belt & pulley from engine to axle.
You 'may' be able to attack a motorcycle sprocket to the cart axle where the pulley is now and use the existing motorcycle sprocket in the transmission. Just shorten the chain as needed.
Then you need to figure out how to attach the throttle cable to the footfeed/gas pedal on the cart.
If you've got all that, give it a whirl.
2006-12-11 21:34:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible. U will have to fab up a mounting bracket. Run new lines for breaks gas and clutch. Plus i would say get a new braking system cause the old one wont cut it. It just takes alot of paper, thinking, cutting, and welding.
2006-12-11 21:25:51 · answer #4 · answered by cannondale96 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's called a Yamaha Rhino. Uses the Raptor 660 ATV engine.
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outdoor/products/modelhome/486/0/home.aspx
Cheaper and easier to purchase one and then use the extra time and money you have left over to update the suspension, beef up the engine, etc etc.
Lots of aftermarket available for them http://www.powroll.com/P_YAMAHA_RHINO660.htm
They are becoming popular to race also http://www.deserttoyz.com/
2006-12-12 16:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by ducatisti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to ask I would not recommend it
2006-12-12 03:44:54 · answer #6 · answered by sickand tired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋