snowmobile to ezgo conversion with charging system

[garhettbanshee]

does anyone have an idea how i can get a charging system to work with a snowmobile motor its a pull start with one headlight and one taillight i have 4 lights on my ezgo just dont know if i can use the original charging system off of the gas ezgo motor.any ideas?

[spriddle]

I would think they should be pretty much the same if the snowmobile has a 12 volt system for its lights.

[$martguy]

I know this is an old thread but I'm faced with the same issue. I just bought a ezgo limo with a polaris 700 2 stroke and it is pull start. It has 2 batteries in the hood that runs the lights, radio, and the radiator fan. Any way to have a charging system???

Lots more questions to come about this new toy... Thanks for any and all help.

Gordon... Statesboro, Ga

[DOOmsman]

Be aware that a lot of sleds are ac if they did not have a battery.
If so you will need a rectifier. The out put will be weak for a load of
accessories.

[$martguy]

What do you mean by AC???.............. Hence the name "smartguy"

[rifter]

Some Snowmobile engines get their ignition spark from a Magneto type of coil, you have to run a wire through a rectifier to change from AC voltage to DC voltage to charge a battery and it will not have alot of charging capacity. Your accessory lights will draw down the battery if you use alot of them at the same time.

[$martguy]

The motor came from a polaris 700 xc. The guy "thinks" it was a 2000 model. It had a headlight on it but thats about all I know about the sled. I gotta do some more diggin' for info on the sled before I do all this but I was just curious.

First thing I gotta do is put some 6:1 gears in it. Seems like the low gears are just straining at speeds above 20 or so. Plus I have a over heating issue I'm trying to work on. But I almost have that figured out. Puttin in a radiator from a honda civic. The current rad. is from a yamaha yzf 450.

[DOOmsman]

If the sled did not have electric start or fuel injection it has alternating current.

[$martguy]

Ok that answers that. Because I have to pull start the cart and it has 2 carbs. So the headlight on the once running sled worked from the magneto? Meaning it probably got brighter with acceleration..

I really need to get some pics, I'm working on it. But the cart is at my buddy's house. We were supposed to swap the radiators today but he got sick...

[$martguy]

Speaking of the carbs.. One of the cone K&N filters fell off of the carb the first time I rode it. Now I need to find another filter to fit it. arghhhh............