Electric Go Kart

This is my Electric Go Kart project. A buddy of mine, gave me the frame with a blown motor so I decided to make it electric. It is running a Club Car motor, 3 12V Marine batteries, Curtis controller and pot box. A friend of mine machined an end bearing plate for the motor and another machined a motor mount for me. My son seems to enjoy it.

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[pete312able]

cool kart but i think ur an environazzi put a 110cc on it and the kids have some fun damn it

[jamiemcshan]

@pete312able No you are wrong.... I just thought it would be a fun project. Didn't have any thing to do with the environment. Plus my kid is young and he's a horable driver, I needed it to be a little slower while he is learning. Anyone can build/buy a gas powered go kart. Not everyone has an electric one.

[soverato3]

how long can you drive before you have to recharge the batterys??

[jamiemcshan]

@soverato3 Not sure to be honest. I would say at least a good 3-4 hours of use. I just charge it when they are done for the day.

[dbi1036]

How would you go about the lights, hooking them up.  are they 12volts

[jamiemcshan]

@dbi1036 You could wire them up to just one battery and get 12Volts. I did that for a while. You can also get a device to drop the 36V to 12V.

[Duces2k]

Where did u get the motor from

[fairyheli2]

@pete312able environazzi? don't see how 100lbs of lead in a plastic bucket full of acid is "green"

[ElectricCarVideos]

@jamiemcshan I like your Electric Go Kart as is.

I have a live axle on my Electric Go Kart and when I turn corners, it really slows down and chews up the batteries. I have to throw my body weight so that the inner rear wheel lifts off the ground when I want to turn corners.

[shortyjk95]

Kinda slow but it's a start