Golf Cart Project

[born-to-race]

Here's the deal: My buddy has a golf cart without an engine. We were thinking of dropping in a motor and raising it. His dad's a mechanic so he could help us. I can get free wheels and tires from
my uncle. They have a mini junkyard so parts wouldn't be hard to come by. We have losts of motors available, such as: 750 motorcycle engine, volkswagon engine, and a variety of snowmobile engines. I know you can buy lift kits but were on a very tight budget. We were thinking of jacking it up by ourselves.

If you have any info or advice it would be greatly appreiciated.

Thanx

P.S. We hope it will look like this:

[tryken]

Sounds cool. Keep us informed as you go along. Pictures.

[muff]

if you get it lookin like that it'll be pretty sweet

[kc 300EX]

I would say go with the Sled motor, Automatic(kinda) engine would be much easier I think rather than any kind of clutch and gear shifter you would have to hook up

[WhY_ZeE]

hahaha kool :p

[derekhonda]

I actually was going to do a project like that. Only i was going to lower it to the ground and put some smaller chrome rims on it (12" rims would look big on like a 16 inch tire) and put an old snomobile engine in it i had laying around. Make sure if you do go snomovile route, dont get an old air cooled one, because if you do it will overheat. and also for a motorcycle engine youd better reinforce the frame, you will twist it. I always though it would be cool though, to cut a small whole in the floor, and run a long pole through the floor and weld it to the shifter, cause i would be like a drag car style transmission then, you would just keep pulling back on your nob (even though if you took it out of second id say you have a death wish. good luck

[born-to-race]

Does anybody here know someone that has one?

[Glow Plug]

that would be awsome i think that you should go with a older sled engine so you are just having the auto tranny and your not really comlacting things to much :) a lift would be awosme so would some awsome mud tires :D

[born-to-race]

This site will help me alot!!

www.geocities.com/customezgo

[CHAUNCY]

Might find some help on this page www.trickarts.com
I wanted to put a streetbike mtor in a golf cart. The thing would go fast and pull wheelies:eek:

[Stevie-D]

this is my friends golfcart...air shocks off his dads bronco dually

[Grant2k]

my advice is, be careful. i was at work cooincidently talking about golf carts about a week ago and my manager knew of one person who was killed when the golf cart he was taking out a truck fell on him, and another who had broken a leg in one. those things are simple machines but they're HEAVY so just be cautious and don't do anything unsafe with it. think over how you lift it and make parts.

[born-to-race]

Check this one out!! :devil

[surfer]

my advice for a a simple front end lift, is to convert it to a beam/4-link suspensions with coilovers off a quad or something. use a straight beam across the front, with a shortened trailer axle or something...then build spindles or use 250R spindles, ride on lawnmower spindles... etc. and look at a straight axle dodge ram front end to see how you should set up the link system...remember the links keep the beam front "wrapping" (twisting forward/backward) its alot more simple then it sounds. good luck feel free to PM for drawings, or info

[born-to-race]

Kinda like this?

[derekhonda]

i would think you would have a lot of "body roll" or "rock" if you did it that way

[born-to-race]

Turning would be tricky like that too. :rolleyes:

[cjpoole1]

I've been wanting to build a golf cart for my wife and kids to ride around on at the hare scrambles. This is the suspension kit i have been looking at. Its $1300 so its probably more than your wanting to spend.

[born-to-race]

Originally posted by cjpoole1
I've been wanting to build a golf cart for my wife and kids to ride around on at the hare scrambles. This is the suspension kit i have been looking at. Its $1300 so its probably more than your wanting to spend.

I'd have to sell my quad! :eek2:

[Glow Plug]

Originally posted by born-to-race
Check this one out!! :devil

i was thinking about that one lol


it was in atv action jan 99 i think not sure

but anyway it is a kawaski street bike powered bike that was bored out to 1200cc or something like that the guy siad it will easly do 80 :eek2: andy es this is on stock spindles :huh

[born-to-race]

Originally posted by Glow Plug
i was thinking about that one lol


it was in atv action jan 99 i think not sure

but anyway it is a kawaski street bike powered bike that was bored out to 1200cc or something like that the guy siad it will easly do 80 :eek2: andy es this is on stock spindles :huh

March 1999, KZ900 motor bored to 1400cc, can do a wheelie at 80mph on stock spindles. :eek2:

[surfer]

bingo...think you can show him the linkage too??? mounting 180 degrees from each other

[surfer]

its actually a pretty stable ride more so then a-arms if you space your linkage arms/shock angle of dangle right. you can even run a torsion through the frame and make your own sway bar...if you wanna get tricky...but that is the CHEAPEST way to lift a golf cart, if you have little fabrication experience

[Grant2k]

Originally posted by born-to-race
March 1999, KZ900 motor bored to 1400cc, can do a wheelie at 80mph on stock spindles. :eek2:
i would mess my pants riding in that. where do i sign up?

[born-to-race]

Well boys, i think we found are engine. It's 18hp (faster than my quad :eek2: ), but thats pretty much all I know about it. I fill you guys in later.

Surfer, could you do that for both ends? Would it bolt on or would you have to weld?

[CHAUNCY]

Originally posted by born-to-race
Well boys, i think we found are engine. It's 18hp (faster than my quad :eek2: ), but thats pretty much all I know about it. I fill you guys in later.

Surfer, could you do that for both ends? Would it bolt on or would you have to weld?

Its a VW engine isnt it ???

[CHAUNCY]

Originally posted by born-to-race
Well boys, i think we found are engine. It's 18hp (faster than my quad :eek2: ), but thats pretty much all I know about it. I fill you guys in later.

Surfer, could you do that for both ends? Would it bolt on or would you have to weld?

Its a VW engine isnt it ???

[Brad]

great idea, i hope it all turns out for the best

[born-to-race]

I don't think so but we have VW engine we could use.

BTW, the tranny thats with the motor is an automatic with reverse!

[born-to-race]

bump

I could use some more help please.

How should we jack it up?

[derekhonda]

i know when i was interested in building one, there was a company going to sell me a 7" lift kit for 195 dollars, cant think of who it was though

[derekhonda]

or this might be an option

[born-to-race]

Originally posted by derekhonda
or this might be an option

Where's the motor?

[Brad]

Originally posted by born-to-race
Where's the motor?

id guess in the back

[born-to-race]

It would have to be a pretty small motor.

BTW, where's the driveshaft?

[CHAUNCY]

Originally posted by derekhonda
or this might be an option

I always thought that would roll really easy:rolleyes:

[Glow Plug]

Originally posted by born-to-race
Where's the motor?

it's on the rear axle it 's an electric motor :)

[born-to-race]

Oh........

[muff]

wow that last one sure looks tippy