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| Condition: | Used | Make: | E-Z-GO |
| Seat Capacity: | 4 Seats | Type: | Gas |
Yulee, Florida, United States
Vehicle description
If you want to have the most tricked out cart on the block, then here it is. I think it"s a 2007 but not positive. It started out as a battery powered cart until my wife got tired of dead batteries and stopped using it a few years ago.
Having been a professional mechanic in my younger days (almost 70 now), I thought it might be cool to convert it to a gas engine. Well in between minor illnesses and life, in general, it has taken me over 2 years to complete. Everything is new except for the original Dana heavy duty rear end. I had a machine shop cut a spline to fit it to my transmission. Let me tell you it was quite an engineering feat to figure out all the angles, weld in frame supports, set in the engine given the space restraints, attach a heavy-duty belt drive centrifugal clutch (like the one on my John Deere Gator), and then somehow figure out how to get a transmission in there with forward, neutral, and reverse gear and linkage to the drivers seat. On the left side of the engine is a wide belt driven centrifugal clutch driven off the crankshaft, the power is then transferred from the clutch to the transmission which has a sprocket gear that drives a chain to another sprocket on the rear end. Sounds simple huh? Try a complete conversion (I"ll give you my number for the many crises you will ultimately face). I have done a lot of fabrications, etc. building race cars, go-carts, yadda yadda yadda, but this one was a nightmare. Since it was such a chore, I decided to trick it out with bells and whistles no other cart has.
The cart was already factory lifted several inches and all-terrain tires with mag wheels were installed. Front windshield folds up or down. The rear seat doubles as a truck like bed for hauling when folded down. I added quite a few cool features. This isn"t your grandpa"s golf cart!
1. numerous lights both front and back and cockpit (similar to a dome light in a car except these are led"s).
2. dash switches to work all the lights independently.
3. master battery cut-off switch.
4. am/fm/mp3 radio with marine speakers and marine antenna.
5. an electric ram that with a flick of the switch raises the seat for engine compartment service as well as automatically turning on "engine room" lights should you be in the dark. The seat stops automatically when fully opened and stops automatically when the seat is lowered. Hit the button and walk away. Light goes off automatically when the seat is down. (I remember having to use a stick to hold the seat up when checking batteries, etc., not with this baby)!
6. it has in dash cig. lighter outlets with a usb"s as well.
7. I heat insulated the engine compartment so engine heat would not be an issue, like most gas carts and put soundproofing in there as well.
8. The engine is a Carol Stream industrial 9hp based on a Briggs and Stratton and about the cheapest part on this cart. Replacement cost is less than $300.00 vs. $1500 for an EZGO original. Also, I bought a good but inexpensive motor because I knew that it would rarely be driven and probably freeze up before wearing out.
9. The top speed is adjustable with a simple change of sprocket sizes. I"ve not had it above about 10 mph so I don"t know the top end, but it easily changeable.
10. Nothing is still under warranty since I bought most of the major parts a couple of years ago. But, it has maybe 90 minutes of total use since completed. I"ve not even put more gas in it since the initial fill. It sets for months at a time and that"s a real waste of a cool vehicle. I had planned to keep it but it caused me so many sleepless nights trying to get everything to work that I practically get a headache just looking at it! Had I researched the internet for others doing it, prior to, I would have left it alone since it seems that nobody finishes one very well. And, probably not with the expense and to the degree of this one.
11. I had to custom make a shifter console for the gear shift along with finding a suitable gear shift lever/linkage.
12. I spared no expense (except for the cheap but new engine) while building this cart. I actually paid more for the centrifugal clutch and the transmission than I did for the engine.
13. The machine shop charged me just under $400 for the splined adapter to the Dana rear end. I could have jury-rigged it for about $30 but it wouldn"t have been right. This adapter is not what you would change out for more speed, it would be the much less expensive sprocket to do that.
14. I wired in a new horn with the button just under the drivers legs.
15. I put external battery power lugs on the outside of the cart for charging or whatever and not having to raise the seat. I did this primarily because if your battery goes dead, there is no way to raise the seat to access the battery compartment. Remember it is raised and lowered via an electric linear actuator. You could crawl underneath and take care of it, but us old folks don"t want to do that!
16. I installed a new hour meter after putting in the new engine and it reads 1.3 hours. The motor is electric start with a recoil backup.
17. It comes with an installed auto trickle charge system.
This cart is in really good condition.
Having been a professional mechanic in my younger days (almost 70 now), I thought it might be cool to convert it to a gas engine. Well in between minor illnesses and life, in general, it has taken me over 2 years to complete. Everything is new except for the original Dana heavy duty rear end. I had a machine shop cut a spline to fit it to my transmission. Let me tell you it was quite an engineering feat to figure out all the angles, weld in frame supports, set in the engine given the space restraints, attach a heavy-duty belt drive centrifugal clutch (like the one on my John Deere Gator), and then somehow figure out how to get a transmission in there with forward, neutral, and reverse gear and linkage to the drivers seat. On the left side of the engine is a wide belt driven centrifugal clutch driven off the crankshaft, the power is then transferred from the clutch to the transmission which has a sprocket gear that drives a chain to another sprocket on the rear end. Sounds simple huh? Try a complete conversion (I"ll give you my number for the many crises you will ultimately face). I have done a lot of fabrications, etc. building race cars, go-carts, yadda yadda yadda, but this one was a nightmare. Since it was such a chore, I decided to trick it out with bells and whistles no other cart has.
The cart was already factory lifted several inches and all-terrain tires with mag wheels were installed. Front windshield folds up or down. The rear seat doubles as a truck like bed for hauling when folded down. I added quite a few cool features. This isn"t your grandpa"s golf cart!
1. numerous lights both front and back and cockpit (similar to a dome light in a car except these are led"s).
2. dash switches to work all the lights independently.
3. master battery cut-off switch.
4. am/fm/mp3 radio with marine speakers and marine antenna.
5. an electric ram that with a flick of the switch raises the seat for engine compartment service as well as automatically turning on "engine room" lights should you be in the dark. The seat stops automatically when fully opened and stops automatically when the seat is lowered. Hit the button and walk away. Light goes off automatically when the seat is down. (I remember having to use a stick to hold the seat up when checking batteries, etc., not with this baby)!
6. it has in dash cig. lighter outlets with a usb"s as well.
7. I heat insulated the engine compartment so engine heat would not be an issue, like most gas carts and put soundproofing in there as well.
8. The engine is a Carol Stream industrial 9hp based on a Briggs and Stratton and about the cheapest part on this cart. Replacement cost is less than $300.00 vs. $1500 for an EZGO original. Also, I bought a good but inexpensive motor because I knew that it would rarely be driven and probably freeze up before wearing out.
9. The top speed is adjustable with a simple change of sprocket sizes. I"ve not had it above about 10 mph so I don"t know the top end, but it easily changeable.
10. Nothing is still under warranty since I bought most of the major parts a couple of years ago. But, it has maybe 90 minutes of total use since completed. I"ve not even put more gas in it since the initial fill. It sets for months at a time and that"s a real waste of a cool vehicle. I had planned to keep it but it caused me so many sleepless nights trying to get everything to work that I practically get a headache just looking at it! Had I researched the internet for others doing it, prior to, I would have left it alone since it seems that nobody finishes one very well. And, probably not with the expense and to the degree of this one.
11. I had to custom make a shifter console for the gear shift along with finding a suitable gear shift lever/linkage.
12. I spared no expense (except for the cheap but new engine) while building this cart. I actually paid more for the centrifugal clutch and the transmission than I did for the engine.
13. The machine shop charged me just under $400 for the splined adapter to the Dana rear end. I could have jury-rigged it for about $30 but it wouldn"t have been right. This adapter is not what you would change out for more speed, it would be the much less expensive sprocket to do that.
14. I wired in a new horn with the button just under the drivers legs.
15. I put external battery power lugs on the outside of the cart for charging or whatever and not having to raise the seat. I did this primarily because if your battery goes dead, there is no way to raise the seat to access the battery compartment. Remember it is raised and lowered via an electric linear actuator. You could crawl underneath and take care of it, but us old folks don"t want to do that!
16. I installed a new hour meter after putting in the new engine and it reads 1.3 hours. The motor is electric start with a recoil backup.
17. It comes with an installed auto trickle charge system.
This cart is in really good condition.