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sho305 · 10-10-2011, 12:33 PM

You might want to check the condition of your engine. I had family get an old CC with one and they didn't know it had a hole in the trans the previous owner stuck a screw in. It ran out of lube and screwed it up. I took it apart and some bearings and gears were bad, well it was the gears you change for high speed gears. So we put those in and new bearings that were bad. I got 28gps out of it hitting the limiter. Anyway no hills there but I was cutting a cross the yard at 15-20mph spinning the tires on dry grass, the engine had a lot of midrange power, well far as stock carts go. At 9hp you only get so much from any of them. This cart was completely stock other than the gears. It was the last year of that flathead engine maybe a 91 or so.

10-10-2011, 12:33 PM	#6
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: Definitive guide for engine swaps? (85 club car) You might want to check the condition of your engine. I had family get an old CC with one and they didn't know it had a hole in the trans the previous owner stuck a screw in. It ran out of lube and screwed it up. I took it apart and some bearings and gears were bad, well it was the gears you change for high speed gears. So we put those in and new bearings that were bad. I got 28gps out of it hitting the limiter. Anyway no hills there but I was cutting a cross the yard at 15-20mph spinning the tires on dry grass, the engine had a lot of midrange power, well far as stock carts go. At 9hp you only get so much from any of them. This cart was completely stock other than the gears. It was the last year of that flathead engine maybe a 91 or so.