Pathway 10:1 gearing

[scottyb]

It has come up in discussion that all 2020 Pathways have the 10:1 gearing. Do you know what other years and models had this gearing? TIA

These carts came with EJ8 motor and if you run the regular EJ4 map as we always do for this motor the cart will do 30 mph for about 30 minutes and meltdown. The field map attached should be run to produce 25mph and reasonable heat control.

[Sergio]

Wow, this is important information as I think All Pathways used the 10.3:1 gear ratio in their Transaxle

[R&TBabich]

Originally Posted by scottyb

It has come up in discussion that all 2020 Pathways have the 10:1 gearing. Do you know what other years and models had this gearing? TIA

These carts came with EJ8 motor and if you run the regular EJ4 map as we always do for this motor the cart will do 30 mph for about 30 minutes and meltdown. The field map attached should be run to produce 25mph and reasonable heat control.

Do you mean "2002" Pathways?
My 2003 Pathway has 10.3:1 gears and in the Pathway Owner's Manual it specifies the gearing as 10.3:1.
With my 18.5" tires it works out to be equivalent to the stock 12:1 gears with 22" tires.
Don't know what an EJ8 motor is, but mine came with a GE 3.2Hp motor that Plum Quick and Alltrax say use the stock GE IQ-V4 field map with.
Robby at Plum Quick says the smaller brush rigging of the GE thin can motor can only handle 400a and limit RPM to 6000 RPM.
Ours will do 27-28mph with 2 people on flat ground.
The motor temp measured with a temp probe clamped to the outside of the motor housing next to the speed sensor is 95 deg.
The temp will go up to around 105 deg after shutdown.