Golf Cart with ATV Engine and Drivetrain

[csason]

My guess is, he got it all hooked up went out and punched it, did a tailspin into a hogpen or something, and ditched the whole thing..

just a guess.. it was a year and a half ago.

[CollegeCart]

Sorry I have not been very good at updating this blog.

I have not been able to put much time into the cart over the spring and summer, because I go to school a couple hours away from the cart.

However, I have made some good progress and plan on attempting to knock out the remainder of work this fall.

I have obtained a small dc, air-compressor which will make the air-ride suspension adjustable on the fly.

I rigged a system that connects the ATV's carburetor to the gas pedal of the golf cart. This took much longer than expected, because I had to create my own way of attaching the ATV throttle cable to the E-Z GO gas pedal pulleys, added a limit switch to the fuel pump, because the ATV carburetor was gravity fed, and then had to shorten the throttle spring on the gas pedal to allow the throttle to open all the way. (another lever will be added so the transmission can be thrown in reverse)

I've also welded a lever to the ATV's foot shifter, which is goes in between the driver and passenger so the driver can shift the cart like a "slap-shift"

Currently have plans, but need to implement a braking system: Thinking about using the ATV's existing disc brakes on the rear only and extending the brake line to the existing brake pedal. (Using flexible but hard brake line)

Also going to create the clutch pedal out of the ATV's clutch lever mount, so I can use the two wire reverse button system.

After that I'll work on a custom exhaust. I'm thinking dual pipes out the back in parallel with an extremely muffled exhaust for when I want to be quiet, with a gas valve to switch in between the two.

Then a switch to turn on the air compressor and a release valve.

Then electrical system followed finally by cosmetics, such as nice side panels, seats and lights.

[sdg8569]

wow sounds awesome