I Figured i would post this here since it is a modified cart in a way..lol... I have had my Gem Car for a couple of years, to use as a local commuter. but after a month i couldn't leave well enough aloan. So i bought a high output electric motor for it, just because the top speed was a mear 25mph.. Well that helped to bring the speed up to around 35mph tops. but it did a number on my battery life, knocking it down in 1/2 to about 15 miles per charge...
Sooo I come up with a plan, Why not stick a gas engine on it to help with the battery life & get me some more speed!.. so i have been looking for a way to do just that, when i stumbled on a Heald trike on C/L..Well that got the gears turning on how i could use the back end of the heald on my Gem... well a grinder a welder and a few months later and this is what i came up with!.. the power plant at first was a predator 212cc, but that was just not doing it so yesterday i went and bought a predator 420cc Engine..
Not only does it give plenty of power, but it also has electric start so no more pull starting!:thumbsup: took it for it's first test run this morning and this thing works great!..the electric engine works the reverse and slow speed, but give it a little more pedal and the 420cc gas engine kicks in pushing it up to 40+ mph, and charges the batteries as well..
The only problem now is the electric motor is governed at 40 tops, so if i try and push it above that speed, the electric motor will brake its self to slow down.. I also need to hook up the gas engine key & starter switch to the cab and figure out if i can use one of the six 12 volt batteries as power for the gas engine starter.. or use a lawn battery...but this is it.. maybe the first Hybrid golf cart!..:shrug:
Sooo I come up with a plan, Why not stick a gas engine on it to help with the battery life & get me some more speed!.. so i have been looking for a way to do just that, when i stumbled on a Heald trike on C/L..Well that got the gears turning on how i could use the back end of the heald on my Gem... well a grinder a welder and a few months later and this is what i came up with!.. the power plant at first was a predator 212cc, but that was just not doing it so yesterday i went and bought a predator 420cc Engine..
Not only does it give plenty of power, but it also has electric start so no more pull starting!:thumbsup: took it for it's first test run this morning and this thing works great!..the electric engine works the reverse and slow speed, but give it a little more pedal and the 420cc gas engine kicks in pushing it up to 40+ mph, and charges the batteries as well..
The only problem now is the electric motor is governed at 40 tops, so if i try and push it above that speed, the electric motor will brake its self to slow down.. I also need to hook up the gas engine key & starter switch to the cab and figure out if i can use one of the six 12 volt batteries as power for the gas engine starter.. or use a lawn battery...but this is it.. maybe the first Hybrid golf cart!..:shrug:
