lifted 01 ds upgraded cables?

muddman454 · 04-22-2009, 10:41 PM

i have an 01 club car with a 6" lift and 22" tires, besides the lift everything else is stock. just want to know if i would gain anything if i upgraded all the cables to larger welding cable?

oxfordlawn · 04-23-2009, 07:56 AM

Is this the same cart you said has no wiring in a different post and said you were rewiring anyway...if it is just do the rewire in 4 ga. and be done with it. Since you have a lift and tires, upgrades are probably in your future which would benefit from the nice big cables(controllers, motors, etc.)

muddman454 · 04-23-2009, 08:40 AM

no this isnt the same cart, i have a 93v-glide that i just built a 11" lift for and im upgrading to 48v but keeping the 36v motor(thats the cart that i need to completely rewire from my other post) and i have a 01 with just the 6" lift, and i think your right that a new controller and motor are in my future. but will i gain any torque/power with just the cable upgrade? i know this might sound dumb but will bigger cables damage my stock controller because of the more power flow?

shadowman · 04-23-2009, 01:08 PM

if you upgrade all cables not just battery cables you,ll notice a little bit of speed but you have to do every 6 gage cable............upgrading to 4 or 2 gage if you leave a 6 gage in there its a bottleneck when the currant gets to it....................................

dcannow · 04-23-2009, 08:47 PM

You won't hurt the stock controller with 4g or 2g. It will just enjoy any increase in the amps.

Jim C · 04-24-2009, 06:48 AM

I upgraded all #6 to #2 and have a stock motor and controller, I did not gain any speed, if I gained torque it wasn't noticeable, But the wires don't get warm now, so I'm sure it done some good just not notable.

I do intend to upgrade motor and controller though.

04-22-2009, 10:41 PM	#1
muddman454 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 39	lifted 01 ds upgraded cables? i have an 01 club car with a 6" lift and 22" tires, besides the lift everything else is stock. just want to know if i would gain anything if i upgraded all the cables to larger welding cable?

04-23-2009, 08:40 AM	#3
muddman454 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 39	Re: lifted 01 ds upgraded cables? no this isnt the same cart, i have a 93v-glide that i just built a 11" lift for and im upgrading to 48v but keeping the 36v motor(thats the cart that i need to completely rewire from my other post) and i have a 01 with just the 6" lift, and i think your right that a new controller and motor are in my future. but will i gain any torque/power with just the cable upgrade? i know this might sound dumb but will bigger cables damage my stock controller because of the more power flow?

04-23-2009, 01:08 PM	#4
shadowman The Last Moja Morani Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: jumping from cart to cart Posts: 8,975	Re: lifted 01 ds upgraded cables? if you upgrade all cables not just battery cables you,ll notice a little bit of speed but you have to do every 6 gage cable............upgrading to 4 or 2 gage if you leave a 6 gage in there its a bottleneck when the currant gets to it....................................

04-23-2009, 08:47 PM	#5
dcannow Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Liberty Lake, WA Posts: 479	Re: lifted 01 ds upgraded cables? You won't hurt the stock controller with 4g or 2g. It will just enjoy any increase in the amps.

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04-23-2009, 07:56 AM	#2
oxfordlawn just hangin' around Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oxford Flo-Rida Posts: 1,102	Re: lifted 01 ds upgraded cables? Is this the same cart you said has no wiring in a different post and said you were rewiring anyway...if it is just do the rewire in 4 ga. and be done with it. Since you have a lift and tires, upgrades are probably in your future which would benefit from the nice big cables(controllers, motors, etc.)

04-24-2009, 06:48 AM	#6
Jim C Gone Wild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wildwood, FL Posts: 742	Re: lifted 01 ds upgraded cables? I upgraded all #6 to #2 and have a stock motor and controller, I did not gain any speed, if I gained torque it wasn't noticeable, But the wires don't get warm now, so I'm sure it done some good just not notable. I do intend to upgrade motor and controller though.