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fizziks question: - Raiden - 11-09-2005

If you have a golf cart with a 10 HP engine, and load it up such that the entire weight, including the cart itself, weighs ~650 lbs., how fast will it be?

fizziks question: - Krazee Eyed Killa - 11-09-2005

I would answer that, but I'm just leaving to go rob a liquor store.

fizziks question: - Raiden - 11-09-2005

Krazee Eyed Killa Wrote:I would answer that, but I'm just leaving to go rob a liquor store.

don't forget to grab some Phillies Blunts.

fizziks question: - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 11-09-2005

I'm going to take a guess and say somewhere around 35 mph. I'm actually thinking more on the lines of a go kart.

Wouldn't it depend on how you geared the drive shaft to the axle and what size tires you had, etc?

fizziks question: - Raiden - 11-09-2005

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:I'm going to take a guess and say somewhere around 35 mph. I'm actually thinking more on the lines of a go kart.

Wouldn't it depend on how you geared the drive shaft to the axle and what size tires you had, etc?

yeah, it was really too vague of a question.

fizziks question: - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 11-09-2005

Raiden Wrote:yeah, it was really too vague of a question.
Well, I built a go kart a few years ago with a 6 hp engine. With a driver, it might have weighed 350 to 400 lbs all total. I think it went around 35 to 40 mph. I was thinking another 4 hp and the added weight would be about the same result.

fizziks question: - Raiden - 11-09-2005

that'd be cool to build a go-kart for my boy. I'm sure I could learn how to do it on the internets.

fizziks question: - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 11-09-2005

Raiden Wrote:that'd be cool to build a go-kart for my boy. I'm sure I could learn how to do it on the internets.
I pretty much did it from the internet. I ordered some of the parts from the internet (seat, steering wheel, sprocket, brake, etc.). Got tires and wheels from a tire shop, had the front spindles machined at a shop a friend owns, my mechanics and me welded up the frame. Ordered the engine and clutch from Grainger. Painted it up when finished.

I figured I spent about 30% more than it would have cost me to buy one.

fizziks question: - Raiden - 11-09-2005

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:I figured I spent about 30% more than it would have cost me to buy one.

haha..that sounds like all of my automotive and home improvement projects.