Club Car Speed Increase Questions

[geolue1]

Hi guys,
I have a 1996 club car, upgraded to a 700 amp controller, ge raptor motor(d398), 2 gage wire, heavy duty cellinoid & f&r switch. My question is with a 4300 rpm motor, will it hold up and not blow up if I added lets say a 24 volt booster? I have a person I need to beat!

 

[dougmcp]

Motors are rated all the way up to about 8000 rpm.
It's not really good to run them for long at that speed but they will generally take it.

If you have a 36v motor and/or system and add 24v to it your 4300rpm motor will theoretically spin 7166rpm.
If you have a 48v system and add 24v to it your 4300rpm motor will theoretically spin 6450rpm.
Both of these are within the parameters that would be acceptable.

You're on your own as far as me recommending a booster operation, you're farther ahead to get a 72v controller and just do the conversion.

 

[geolue1]

Thanks Dougmcp for the info. Would converting to 72 volts be more than changing my controller to 72 volts and of course batterys?

 

[geolue1]

 

[dougmcp]

If you run this motor on 60v it will spin 8883 rpm and at 72v will spin 10, 660 rpm, both are probably excessive for this unit. If my assumptions are correct you will also need a motor that starts with a lower spin rate.

 

[geolue1]

so what your saying, perhaps the beast motor would work fine with 72 volts & controller?

 

[TDAWG]

Yes, I think that is what he is saying. The Raptor D398 is the EZ-GO motor. The Club Car Raptor is the D392 according to my book.