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Old 02-25-2010, 05:37 PM   #11
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pop the motor off spin the rear tires by hand, count the rotation of the input shaft 8 revs = one tire rotation if 8:1 gears, 12 revs = 12:1 etc.
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Old 02-25-2010, 09:20 PM   #12
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cpp built my cart so i can just ask them when i see Tom 2morrow.i do like to just ride around and look but i ride far and the speed is good because i ride on highways and hardpacked dirtroads and when im riding long peroids of time i like to get back to the house fast .and trying to be my neighbors ezgo which runs 40-45 stock
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Old 02-25-2010, 09:37 PM   #13
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trying to be my neighbors ezgo which runs 40-45 stock
If you are referring to MPH, sorry to break this news to you ezgokilla, nothing runs faster than about 20 stock except LSV's and they are limited to 25 MPH.
Now if you're talking about km/h then 40 is the top speed for an LSV.
If it has larger tires and other mods, it's not stock, it's modified.
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:35 AM   #14
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If you are referring to MPH, sorry to break this news to you ezgokilla, nothing runs faster than about 20 stock except LSV's and they are limited to 25 MPH.
Now if you're talking about km/h then 40 is the top speed for an LSV.
If it has larger tires and other mods, it's not stock, it's modified.
i agree theres no way its running 45 mph without some major mods.
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i agree theres no way its running 45 mph without some major mods.
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:09 PM   #16
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My neighbor use his truck speedometer to ride by his golf cart and it was 45 i know that it's probably off by a few miles .Used his arctic-cat speedometer and mine read 35 mph .I dont know maybe dixie sales adjusted the governor before they sold it ?.I cant stand that ezgo he was running about 30 mph before then he adjusted the govenor and is topping out 40-45 mph .oh yeah he has 25" tires probably should have mentioned that
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Old 02-26-2010, 05:25 PM   #17
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did he drop it off the barn while checking the speed? :)
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:47 PM   #18
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:22 AM   #19
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thats about the only way to get that kind of speed
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Old 02-27-2010, 10:21 PM   #20
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let's get this on mythbusters, terminal velocity
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