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Originally Posted by Virjose
Hi everyone,
Got a brand new I60L about two weeks ago and it’s been super fun. We got the upgraded AGM 8 6V batteries. We top out at about 27-28MPH (you can feel the controller pretty much stop the cart at 27MPH) and while that’s a good speed, I’m curious if anyone knows if the speed limitation can be programmed out (a specific parameter I assume?)
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I have an I60L and I40L.
The dealer programming software (usually) comes with a range of 0-6000 RPMs and the RPM:Speed is 200:1. So 6000 RPMs = 30 MPH. I believe this is the same for non-lifted carts, which means it's probably not calibrated correctly for the lifted carts. So when you see 25 it's actually faster most likely (bigger tires).
This is a somewhat arbitrary upper max that ICON picked. I spoke on the phone directly to the guy at ICON who put that in there. He said "I've had these things in the warehouse at 10,000 RPMs with no problems", where I assume heat would be the problem he's looking for, AND he probably was doing motor-only or on jack-stands because that'd be 50mph, but I definitely wouldn't go that fast.
The software upper limit of 6000 is just a parameter in an XML file (text). I just manually edited the file and set my upper software limit to 7000 so that in the actual software I could choose anything from 0-7000 instead of 0-6000. I set mine at 6900 (34.5mph) and that's FAST! It gets speed wobbles because it's lifted. It needs street tires at that speed, trust me...and even then I think it needs tighter suspension if you want to go that fast. And I could actually be going 40mph even though the speedo says 34, who knows? The .5mph just means going down hill it'll bounce between 34/35.
The file to edit is
ConfigurationInformationFile.xml and you can see the changes below. That file is in the same directory as the program they run.
Again, this doesn't set your RPMs at 7000 or whatever you put. It just moves the upper-limit the software allows you to program. Your dealer might have to do this with his software...and if he's nervous, you might be SOL or you'll have to convince him to let you copy the software and get your own cable.
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Originally Posted by Virjose
Also, anyone know of the possibility to affect the programming so that the cart goes a bit faster uphills?
Thanks for any insights into programming so that if I need to contact the dealer for that service I know what I’m up against :)
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There are a decent amount of settings, but I haven't experimented with enough of them to understand which would affect the uphill performance....I just don't understand them is all. Do I increase torque or what do I change? And there's not 1 torque setting, there are several for like 0-1000 RPMs, 1000-2000 RPMs, etc. But you set those too.