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04-08-2019, 01:26 PM | #11 |
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Re: Club car ds (getting more speed$
On a FE290, picture perfect should be around 160-170psi. Once you get below around 150psi it's going to start losing performance.
The good thing is that it runs, and if it doesn't smoke the cylinder walls are probably in pretty good shape. Nothing a refresh with a hone and some new rings wouldn't fix. The FE290 is a very easy motor to work on, and very reliable. They'll make plenty of power to move a cart along just fine... I had a John Deere Gator I bought with a blown motor, with a Fe290 and it would still do nearly 20mph (after i rebuild the motor of course). Took it FOREVER to get there but it would ride out just fine lol. And that Gator easily weighed 2x or 3x more than a golf cart... But the transmission on that thing was as big as the motor lol. So obviously gearing was completely different than a DS, but still the 290 moved that gator around just fine. |
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04-08-2019, 02:19 PM | #12 |
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Re: Club car ds (getting more speed$
RPMs = speed. speed is not greatly affected by engine compression as long as the engine can run X number of RPM with the clutches at full ratio.
Your Belt may be worn out, or too long so it's not pulling down into the secondary clutch all the way. It needs to be all the way to top of the primary, AND all the way to the bottom of the secondary to get full speed. |
04-08-2019, 02:27 PM | #13 | |
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04-08-2019, 04:08 PM | #14 |
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Re: Club car ds (getting more speed$
It pretty much has to be a clutch problem or the belt is worn out, unless someone swapped the whole rear axle. We have a 93 that I unhooked the rev limiter on because it failed and it would roll 20+ easy on flat ground. I adjusted the governor back so it would only do about 12 tops. Totally stock.
I forget which belt I had put on that one. Thinking it was the 1016203 but I can check. I run the 1017188 on pretty much everything I have here. |
04-08-2019, 05:36 PM | #15 | |
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Wonder if I should order a new drive clutch? Sheaves have a small amount of waveyness from what I see. Seemed to really slow up going up grade. My wife, me, and 2.5 year old. |
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04-08-2019, 09:40 PM | #16 | |
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04-10-2019, 11:51 PM | #17 | |
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