How Different is Life With a Lift?

GravyGoodness

First post here, I did try to use the search function first!! Everyone seems helpful here, so I thought I'd ask a few questions.

I recently became the owner of a 2006 EZ-GO TXT. I mainly use it to putt around in the yard and run the sporting clays course on the weekend.

There is nothing extreme about the course, just a path through the woods, the stock cart works fine. In my mind it has become a great excuse to buy a lift kit and tires, but I have a few questions for the experts. Everything about the cart is stock, and the batteries in it are less than 2 years old. Plenty of punch, plenty of life in them, so please keep that in mind. I've put about 12 miles on them with no problems before.

I'm thinking about a 5" lift and 23" tires - I'm hoping that's enough. I know the larger tires will change the gear ratio a lot, is it possible to change the gearing to bring it back close to the stock ratio now? If I can't what problems should I be expecting from the batteries or motor? How bad is the bigger tires going to zap charge time from the batteries?

I'll try not to overwhelm you guys with questions right off the bat.

On a side note, I run a full house Machine and Fabrication shop, and I plan on making some accessories for the cart. I'll be more than happy to post detailed .PDF or .ACAD prints for anyone here that wants them. I don't know how many fabricators are in the house.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

BGW

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Sir Nuke

GravyGoodness, first off, we know you have a TXT, but which drive system.....look at this thread and let us know what you have.

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...en-system.html

but for now, regardless of which system you have, by lifting the cart and putting larger tires on, it will put more stress on the electronic. Yes the batteries will go faster, but not that fast, and the motor will be fine. but what you should do and to upgrade to make your cart last, would be upgrade the Controller, get a HD F/R switch, SD Solenoid, a set of either 4 or 2 ga. cables.


oh and btw.......CONGRATS on the ride, and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to BGW. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, wive's, husbands, girlfirends and boyfriends here don't care....and take it easy.



oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!!

GravyGoodness

Thanks for the reply. It's a Series Cart.

Sir Nuke

then what I suggest is all the parts you really need. seeing as its a series cart, although the bigger tires will increase the speed a LITTLE, and very little at that, with the stock motor, the top end will still be about 12 mph......oh I assume your cart is a 36v, right?

I too have a TXT Series cart, and its a 36v, mine is a 2007. although I use mine on the street mostly, I put a different motor in it after a little while after my total rebuild/upgrade, but all the rest of my upgrade is what I suggested. If you want to take a look at my build, here is a link to it.

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/membe...art-build.html

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GravyGoodness

GravyGoodness

36V is correct.

I'm glad to see there is no glaring "Be leery of this", or "right before the small fire breaks out under your seat" kinds of posts are coming up. I've dealt a lot with smaller (relatively) electric motors in R/C planes, as well as Industrial 3 phase and it seems all your ducks have to be in row. Glad to see that these are seemingly more forgiving.

No problem with the lift height then?

All good things! I'll go order them now.

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2006 EZ-GO TXT.... Medium Speed Gear Set E-Z-Go Electric 8:1 Ratio 1988 & Up

http://blockbustergolfcarts.com/high...tio-1-1-3.aspx

Sir Nuke

nope......mine had on, and the 23" tires when I bought it.....and although it was a "pavement cruiser" the electronics were totally stock.

RitchCraft

Perhaps I can offer a different perspective on this. I'm a newbie in the cart scene as well. Here is a list of changes I made to my stock 2009 TXT:

- 2" heavy duty lift kit from EZGO ($180)
- 20" tires all around ($220)
- 2" spacers on each tire (4" wider stance) ($65)
- 2Ga wires (on the way, will have installed by weekend) ($210)
- Fender flares to keep me clean because of the wider stance ($65)

My goal was to keep the cart electronics stock, beef up the suspension and add a little more speed and torque.

I went with the 2" lift to beef the undercarriage up for four passenger seating as it includes heavy duty rear leaf springs with 4 layers, heavy duty rear shocks and heavy duty front springs.. It wouldn't seem like it but 2" raised the cart quite more than I imagined. I'm not sure if I personally would feel comfortable being on a 4" or 6" lift with something like 23" tires. Wow, that has to seem high.

The lift allows for up to a 22" tire (maybe 23") but to be on the safe side I went with a 20" tire because of the wider stance (and 20" tires are much cheaper than 22" or 23"). The only reason I went with a larger tire was for a small gain in speed. (my cart is street legal and will be used primarily on paved surface)

To counter the torque I would lose because of the larger tires I am installing 2Ga wires which according to an excellent source on this site will allow me to gain some of my motor's HP back which will translate to low end torque.

The highly raised carts with big tires really do look nice but it sounds as though you have the same philosophy I had when starting my project, more functionality for daily use than anything else. So for about $750 I got everything you seem to be looking for, for the same price many people spend on 23" tires and rims alone.

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