On 3/18/2011 7:30 AM, amdx wrote:
"John - wrote in message
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On 3/17/2011 8:45 PM, amdx wrote:


No. Aren't all go carts electric?

Here's a video, that's about 2 years old. I have since put new deep
cycle
batteries on it.
It has a lot of torque, the kids love to do donuts, ok, I do too!
I smoked the first motor after a year or year and a half. Actually the
motor was ok, but
a connection between one 4 gauge wire and eight 16 gauge wires overheated
and created
a lot of smoke. I had a second motor, so I made another motor mount and
put
it on.
This started as a project to get my 16 yr old son to build something
instead of play video games.
It was more my project than his, but I had some time with him and he
learned
a little, so I'm glad
I did it. He is too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MKjbXltAew
Mikek


That's great, Mike.

I hope you have considered the safety aspects of a broken batter in a
collision.

Probably.

Yes, it is a concern, I have thought about a cowling to go over the
batteries,
but so much to do so little time. Retirement 6 long years away, (note to
self,
eat right and exercise so you'll still be healthy in retirement) :-)
Mikek

Gotcha.

When you mentioned go cart earlier, I was thinking golf cart. That's why
I thought they were all electric. Now that I have my head on straight, I
see that your go cart is an impressive little machine.

Good work.

John