Anyone tried high speed gears in a Club Car DS series Cart

[ProSouth]

Originally Posted by lmswest

They always under state their motors capabilities. I took four full size adults through tons of Texas hill country hills and had zero issues. Ive also loaded four people on cart and 3 more on my 5x9 aluminum trailer and pulled around the neighborhood with no problems.
Vic from d&d told me my motor would only due 22 or 23 and it did 28.6.. ive seen other d&d customers with similar results..

Sounds like you have the perfect set-up , D&D was concerned with the DS being a Six Passenger , although I'm guessing you were hauling more weight pulling the trailer . I asked about your specific Motor and the answer was No way. Seems hes concerned about the wire from the f&R switch .

I have sent specs to EMP and am waiting on a recommendation. I also checked with the guys at Imaginative on the two speed axle , sounds great however seems like too much for a street cart.

Plumquick is ready to Build a Bandit Motor out of the current OEM motor , says can use all stock parts and expect 21 MPH , AS you can see its a lot of info and options to process . Everyone's all over the place .

[scottginfla]

something does not sound right, you have a series motor, so you should be able to get the MPH, instead of 8-1 gears why not try a set of 10-1 ? That should be the compromise you need.

IMO, the bandit aint gonna do what you want and still have the torque.

there is a link to a speed calculator just below your user name in a tab called "quick links", scroll down to it.

[ProSouth]

Originally Posted by scottginfla

something does not sound right, you have a series motor, so you should be able to get the MPH, instead of 8-1 gears why not try a set of 10-1 ? That should be the compromise you need.

IMO, the bandit aint gonna do what you want and still have the torque.

there is a link to a speed calculator just below your user name in a tab called "quick links", scroll down to it.

That's my original thought , the series motor already
Has the torque to spare . I will check the label on motor
For rpm info and do the calculation based on a 20 inch tire
Are you thinking I can just do the gears ?

[scottginfla]

possibly, if ya don't already know, your rear gear now is 12.44-1, if it has not already been changed

[ProSouth]

Originally Posted by scottginfla

possibly, if ya don't already know, your rear gear now is 12.44-1, if it has not already been changed

Thanks for the info , the gears may be the answer

[lmswest]

I am taking my 8-1 out and will sell the whole axle assembly so you can just swap it easily
I enjoy the wheelie popping torque with the stock gears

[lmswest]

Thats funny because I just put in a new f r switch cause two of the wires were getting warm. And they are 0 gauge cables!
They never got warm with stock gears

[ProSouth]

Originally Posted by lmswest

I am taking my 8-1 out and will sell the whole axle assembly so you can just swap it easily
I enjoy the wheelie popping torque with the stock gears

Did you install the gears 1st before any other
Upgrades ? I'm not concerned
with spinning wheels

[ProSouth]

Originally Posted by lmswest

Thats funny because I just put in a new f r switch cause two of the wires were getting warm. And they are 0 gauge cables!
They never got warm with stock gears

Well if just changing gears will heat all components
Up may not be the best choice

[lmswest]

If you want to run gears in an electric cart my suggestion is a torque only motor..