Club Car Launches 19-mph (Xelerator) Kits for Gasoline Golf Cars

Kowached

This is my first post, so I wasn't allowed to provide links to additional Linkedin or Club Car information. A few friends and I just picked up some "rough around the edges" 1996 Club Car DS's and are of course looking to squeeze a few extra MPH out of them. The Xelerator option seems a bit pricey compared to the great info in the "Sticky" section of this forum, but its an option if you want to keep a "Factory" setup on your cart.

Thanks for all the tips,
Dave


Club Car Launches 19-mph Kits for Gasoline Golf Cars
Available for New or Existing Club Car Golf Cars

Residents of retirement, gated and rural communities often travel long distances in their gasoline-powered golf cars in a single day. Many want a bit more pep than the standard 13-mph maximum speed most golf cars deliver.

“To meet the needs of these customers, Club Car has launched a new 19-mph upgrade known as the Xcelerator for its gasoline golf cars, creating the only factory-authorized upgrade for Club Car vehicles on the market,” says Mary A. Sicard, Club Car’s consumer marketing manager. “These kits allow users to purchase new 19-mph vehicles or affordably upgrade their vehicles, without sacrificing performance.”

The Xcelerator is designed and manufactured by Club Car for installation on new or existing vehicles. The product is sold as:

The Xcelerator Option, designed for factory installation on new gasoline golf cars.
The Xcelerator Clutch Kit, designed for field installation on existing gasoline vehicles.
These all-inclusive kits feature a drive clutch, driven clutch, CVT belt, accelerator cable and associated hardware. When used on Precedents, they also include a heat shield, which is already integrated into the DS Player.

Affordably Upgrades All New and Most Used Golf Cars

Xcelerator kits can be used on all new and most used Club Car gas golf cars. They are engineered to:

Fit all new two- and four-passenger Club Car gasoline-powered golf cars.
Fit all two- and four-passenger Precedents and DS Players manufactured since the introduction of unitized powertrains in 1996.
The kits are affordably priced at:

Factory-installed Xcelerator Option MSRP: $350
Field-installed Xcelerator Clutch Kit MSRP: $584
Easier Installation and Improved Performance

The Xcelerator significantly outperforms the gear set options manufactured by aftermarket suppliers. These products are difficult to install, reduce torque, impair hill-climbing ability and void the warranty.

Xcelerator kits are much easier to install than the gear-set kits. Users who test drove vehicles with Club Car’s Xcelerator noted improved hill-climbing speed compared to current aftermarket installations with gear set upgrades.

Check with Your Golf Course Before Ordering or Installing

The Xcelerator does not meet the speed requirements for ANSI (American National Standards Institute) use on golf courses, which specifies a speed of less than 15 mph. Two- passenger vehicles manufactured or retrofitted with the Xcelerator will bear a decal to that effect.

Xcelerators are sold through Club Car’s worldwide network of dealers and distributors.

BGW

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fastercarter

"The Xcelerator does not meet the speed requirements for ANSI (American National Standards Institute) use on golf courses, which specifies a speed of less than 15 mph. Two- passenger vehicles manufactured or retrofitted with the Xcelerator will bear a decal to that effect."

Good luck enforcing that around here

FC

shoelessjoe

Being that you are from Michigan and just got some 96 DS's I'm going to guess you were standing in line early with me at the Selfridge FMWR sale last Friday. Am I right? :)

I also got a 96 form their and have been fiddling with it a bit. I followed the sticky at the top of this forum and lengthened the accelerator rod the other night. Took it around the block and it definitely had noticably better cruising speed. Unfortunately I need to fine tune it a bit as it wants to keep running after I let off the pedal now. May have made the rod a bit too long.

Anyways, have fun with your new carts!!

Kowached

Yup, we got them from the same place last Friday.

We've all adjusted our throttle cables immediately and got good top end, but the cart was tough to start and basically had full throttle or no throttle, which makes for a jerky ride. We adjusted the throttle cable back and used the zip-tie around the governor spring fix, now we have 16-17mph carts with easy starting and smooth throttle. One of our guys disabled the electronic rev limiter and used a tachometer to adjust his zip-ties to give him 4600rpm at full throttle and is getting 19-20mph, I think I'll be doing the same this weekend.

shoelessjoe

^^

Yeah, I may end up shortening the accelerator rod back down and just doing the zip tie around the spring as well. When I took the cart around the block after lengthening the rod it was zipping along good and the throttle was acting fine but right when I got home it hung up a bit in the driveway and wouldn't let off till I flipped it into neutral. Can't have that going on so I may just shorten the rod down until it won't stick and then put the zip's on the spring.

Where were you in line on Friday? Were you one of the first two guys? I was 4th in line and I know those first two guys each grabbed a bunch of carts.

fastercarter

Helluva lot cheaper than the $584 official Club Car retro fit but you don't get the decal. Bummer For your information, running at 4600 rpm's for anything more than short bursts is going to trash the engine. The flywheel and other components could break up. They were never designed to run those rpm's. Please be prudent with your tuning and riding, engines aren't cheap to replace.

FC

Kowached

Great information, what RPM would yo recommend setting as Max?

The Kawasaki FE290 manual sets "High Idle" at 4000rpm for lawn equipment, but that didn't sounds like max RPM to me.

shoelessjoe, we were 17th in line and got the last 3 older carts. I had my hopes set on a 2001, but am now glad to have ended up with the 1996.

fastercarter

Max RPM for mine is 4750 but it rarely sees anything close to that on the golf course. The problems I have seen have been caused by sustained high RPM running. One of the guys here had his children riding his unrestricted cart flat out on his farm and they snapped off the wrist pin. The engine was wrecked beyond repair.

FC

Kowached

Sounds reasonable to me. How were you able to set a 4750 limit, were you able to set an electronic limiter, or did you just set max throttle input around your desired limit?

I'm with you, no reason to run at wide-open-throttle all the time, but I'd like the option to go wheel to wheel with the guys from time to time.

fastercarter

I use a tach to keep me in check. Once you cut out the fail safe installed mechanisms you are on your own choice of engine destruction methods. My motor is balanced and guaranteed to 5000 rpms but I don't push it that hard that often. It will pull a genuine 25-30 ish mph but as I said, it's rare that I ask her to pull that hard for very long. My favourite blast is up the drive from the course to the cart shed but that's only maybe 1/4 mile uphill and she naturally isn't pulling flat out for the first half of the ride. That's on 12" rims with standard tires. I'm pretty happy with that level of performance from a modified FE290 @eleven years old and she blows the doors off anything around here.

FC