Putting a gas engine in a electric cart!

scottyb · 09-01-2009, 10:32 PM

Sickboy is indeed around now and again ... look at his public profile to see all of his threads and replies

ncfenceguy · 09-02-2009, 06:38 AM

Back in the eighties, I installed a 5 hp briggs in a electric Harley 3 wheeler. I made a engine mount plate on the rear axle and bolted the motor and a comet torque converter(go cart) to it. I think I welded a sprocket to the pinion of the rear end but I may have bolted it on. The engine moved and was suported by the rearend only. The cart pulled like a dump truck uphill and would run around 12 to 15mph down the path.
I had no reverse and had to raise the seat to pull start it but we used it on the farm for another 10 years. The motor has been robbed and the seats are rotton but the cart is still here in a cow pasture.

SpoiledRotten · 09-02-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by scottyb

Maybe a weedeater motor?

Where would you store all of the extension cord?

Exotic4x4 · 08-07-2016, 08:54 AM

Here's my set up I have a 13 hp predator motor I smoked my comet clutch I'm going to a torque converter as we speak and hopefully that will hold the power

Tiptonza · 08-21-2016, 12:06 AM

The easiest way i did was tuuse the rearend of a gator. If my cc werent aluminum i woul have put my gsxr 1000 drag quad a different use

09-01-2009, 10:32 PM	#51
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: Putting a gas engine in a electric cart! Sickboy is indeed around now and again ... look at his public profile to see all of his threads and replies

09-02-2009, 06:38 AM	#52
ncfenceguy Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wilton,NC Posts: 172	Re: Putting a gas engine in a electric cart! Back in the eighties, I installed a 5 hp briggs in a electric Harley 3 wheeler. I made a engine mount plate on the rear axle and bolted the motor and a comet torque converter(go cart) to it. I think I welded a sprocket to the pinion of the rear end but I may have bolted it on. The engine moved and was suported by the rearend only. The cart pulled like a dump truck uphill and would run around 12 to 15mph down the path. I had no reverse and had to raise the seat to pull start it but we used it on the farm for another 10 years. The motor has been robbed and the seats are rotton but the cart is still here in a cow pasture.

08-21-2016, 12:06 AM	#55
Tiptonza Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 50	Re: Putting a gas engine in a electric cart! The easiest way i did was tuuse the rearend of a gator. If my cc werent aluminum i woul have put my gsxr 1000 drag quad a different use

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