Electric club car going gas!

[BlakeP]

I'm wondering with fabricating and adding brackets/motor mounts to my frame, will I still be hurting my cart? Ran into issues with my cart and what I wanted it to be. My thoughts are seeing as I have a Gx390 I acquired from my occupation will it hurt my frame to mount brackets and mount the motor? What other possible complications with suspension am I looking at? Or have I met my match and need to just wire it up slap batteries in it and call it a day?

[BlakeP]

It's an 81 club car with aluminum frame from what I've read

[Fairtax4me]

Frame on the electric carts is narrower and you will not be able to fit the engine between the frame rails with a clutch on it.
The engine is not mounted to the frame on gas carts. It is mounted to the axle and the entire engine/axle moves with the rear suspension.
You’ll have to do a major lift kit, and will need much more than just “a couple brackets” to mount the engine to the axle, and have it actually fit into the cart.

Doable? yes.
Easy? Not at all.
If you don’t know the first thing about golf carts, probably not the project you want to get into.

[Mooncarter]

Exactly what FT said above. You will be 100 times ahead of the game if you start with a gas cart.

The only other option i would entertain (and I don't have one and don't
know if it will work with your cart) is a re-power from site sponsor BOULDER ENGINES. They have what looks like a first class patented system for re-powering an electric cart with a gas engine.

[Bobbob]

I looked at install manual, looks like it is an interesting project if you want a gas cart. The price for the conversion is about right for what you get. Thanks MC for the info on the site.


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