Ezgo 1989 Electric Golfcart

hearambulo · 05-19-2010, 04:17 PM

I am new to this site so please be kind ?? I am looking to upgrade my Golf cart can anyone help me please . The things I know about the cart is, its an 1989 ezgo Merathon 36volt golfcart it has the old stlye resister coils and the original motor I want more speed out of it. what can I do to accomplish this and the batteries are all going to be replaced they are trojans but dont seem to keep there charge very long thanks for any info

pggroves · 05-19-2010, 04:44 PM

Go with 6 8v batteries and a 48v pack. You'll need to be mindful of the FNR and the resistor coils. They will heat up and fail with a lot of low speed driving. The resistor coils are out of the circuit at full stop and wide open throttle ONLY. Driving one is kind of like; floor it, lift; floor it, lift; floor it, lift. Upgrade both of these items and you can drive it normally as you would a 36v.

Good luck.

hearambulo · 05-19-2010, 04:54 PM

so I can use 8 volt batteries instead of 6 volts and what about the resistor coils can they be upgraded

pggroves · 05-19-2010, 05:30 PM

There used to be a "performance" set of resistor coils. IIRC, IPC made them.

05-19-2010, 04:17 PM	#1
hearambulo Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 22	Ezgo 1989 Electric Golfcart I am new to this site so please be kind ?? I am looking to upgrade my Golf cart can anyone help me please . The things I know about the cart is, its an 1989 ezgo Merathon 36volt golfcart it has the old stlye resister coils and the original motor I want more speed out of it. what can I do to accomplish this and the batteries are all going to be replaced they are trojans but dont seem to keep there charge very long thanks for any info
hearambulo Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 22

05-19-2010, 04:44 PM	#2
pggroves steeplejack x Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 3,382	Re: Ezgo 1989 Electric Golfcart Go with 6 8v batteries and a 48v pack. You'll need to be mindful of the FNR and the resistor coils. They will heat up and fail with a lot of low speed driving. The resistor coils are out of the circuit at full stop and wide open throttle *ONLY*. Driving one is kind of like; floor it, lift; floor it, lift; floor it, lift. Upgrade both of these items and you can drive it normally as you would a 36v. Good luck.

05-19-2010, 04:54 PM	#3
hearambulo Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 22	Re: Ezgo 1989 Electric Golfcart so I can use 8 volt batteries instead of 6 volts and what about the resistor coils can they be upgraded
hearambulo Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 22

05-19-2010, 05:30 PM	#4
pggroves steeplejack x Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 3,382	Re: Ezgo 1989 Electric Golfcart There used to be a "performance" set of resistor coils. IIRC, IPC made them.

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