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Old 10-08-2011, 04:50 AM   #1
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So here's my situation... I'm finally going to put a 6 inch lift on my G16. I've come to realize that I will need to add a power kit to recover some of the low end power lost with larger tires. I've looked at the kits that include the new sheave, spring, and belt from both CPP and Plowman's. Does anyone have a preference, and why? As of now, I'm running a stock motor with the governer bypass, but I don't plan on leaving it that way forever. Thanks for the input.
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Old 10-08-2011, 09:43 AM   #2
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i've got 22's and just the white spring, it's plenty low geared enough for me, i can't imagine how much lower geared it would feel with the milled sheave,
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Old 10-08-2011, 06:28 PM   #3
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I have 23`s and had the red spring. Seemed like it had enough power .
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:42 PM   #4
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Thanks for the input. I had to go out of town unexpectedly, so I apologize for the late reply. I think I may go with the kit that also contains the milled sheave simply because if I'm alraedy pulling the clutch apart I may as well try to get as much power or torque as possible.
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Old 10-17-2011, 07:00 PM   #5
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I put on a cut sheave with the stock spring, it helps at take off and towing. It gives it a lower gear. Does not do much at speed. That cart did ok, but then I put a clone 16hp in and it is really fun now. My cart I cut the ramps down and that helps keep rpm up until maybe 5mph then it runs normal. I drilled the weights and that didn't really help. The ramps I only cut about the first 1/3 to less angle, have to be careful the pads can't fall off it, I made a jig to get them all equal. But the carts even stock seemed to run ok until you got down to 5mph or less, so the mods I did were for that plus I towed. With the ramps ground I could pull a boat out of a lake, pulled lots of other trailers around. The cut sheave works better to get moving, my ramps seem to raise rpm up to 5+mph but it can still bog. But then I found my tension cable was bad and put that in. If I tighten it I get better takeoff but lose top speed, so I ran it with a gps and tightened it to just before it lost top speed. It worked well I could spin on the ramp. Now the engine is getting tired, so a clone and cut sheave are going in it at some point. Both those carts have 22s.

You also need a new belt, if it gets to 1" wide it will suck with a lift you have to replace it before then. Don't forget to lube the clutches once in a while that helps too.

I don't like the springs they are hard to put in, but others like them. Most of the time plowmans stuff is really good, don't get the wrong spring off some loser on ebay there have been complaints. I'd certainly get one someone here recommends. A new nut is a good idea unless yours is in very good condition, and you also need the spacer if you have a c-clip in the input shaft the spring will trash it.

Oh, and most people toss the spring and use a stock one if they put a larger engine in. You just don't need it. Even this clone 16 will rev to shift speed with two on the cart in like 2-3 seconds from not running, with only the cut sheave. But the cut sheave does help it shifts into the lower gear faster, I will have one lol. I can tell riding the two carts around, the cut sheave goes slower at idle.
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Old 10-18-2011, 07:53 PM   #6
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Thanks for the info...I actually called Plowman's today and spoke with them about the clutch. I spoke with a person named Dan, I think, and he explained their system to me. I gave them my engine information, driving conditions, and tire size. The kit should be here by Friday. What sold me was primarily the amount of knowledge that I received, but also how he knew to explain the whole assembly and the relevance of each part in relation to the performance gains that the cart would get from it. That to me shows that that company really knows their stuff, and I'm pretty sure that I'll be satisfied with the outcome. Thanks for the reply
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Old 10-18-2011, 08:03 PM   #7
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Did they say what color spring you need ?
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Old 10-18-2011, 08:03 PM   #8
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Thanks for the info...I actually called Plowman's today and spoke with them about the clutch. I spoke with a person named Dan, I think, and he explained their system to me. I gave them my engine information, driving conditions, and tire size. The kit should be here by Friday. What sold me was primarily the amount of knowledge that I received, but also how he knew to explain the whole assembly and the relevance of each part in relation to the performance gains that the cart would get from it. That to me shows that that company really knows their stuff, and I'm pretty sure that I'll be satisfied with the outcome. Thanks for the reply
Please keep us posted with the results. Post up some pics!

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Old 10-18-2011, 10:14 PM   #9
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I can't imagine what more a cart could do, with what I've been doing with mine this past 3 or 4 weeks. Yesterday I was pulling 6 to 8" by about 16' long tree trunks out of the forest with it. I just have the concierge spring and a stock sheave in mine, and I'm totally satisfied with what its capable of.
Now talking out of the other side of my mouth, Plowmans don't make no junk, so I will not underestimate their ability to improve and outperform stock parts. I have read on here, that the people that have those clutch kits say they wouldn't go back to stock. So there has to be something to them. Quite possibly, if I'd known about Plowmans kits before I replaced my sheave and spring, I'd have done it as well.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, with the right combination of stock parts, you can build a decent performance package. But if your needing a sheave as well as the spring and spacer, might as well buy a package deal with all high performance parts!
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:16 PM   #10
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Mike you should get your sheave cut its not really a big deal, you will like it. Certainly more grunt from a dead stop otherwise acts stock. But that allows the clutch to get up to higher under load rpm faster. The stock clutches are a little sleepy, what I mean here is they get rpm under a load but otherwise they don't. With a lower gear they spin up faster, the clone will hit shift rpm in a couple seconds from not running with two people on. I think it takes off faster with two people than one lol.

Far as plowmans I've heard nothing but good from them, I'd say they have some of the best products...some is the same as others but they test each one so you know its right...and some things nobody else has.
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