I used a 48 volt motor 1800watts. 27 mph.... 1 to 6 gearing ( I weigh 215).....fryed a motor. Got another motor and covered it with heat sinks, and it did better, changed gear to 1/7 ( lost 4-6 mph).....great for 100 grandson, but no damn good for 215 lb. adult......my personal conclusion is that these 48 volt 2000 and less watt motors are just recreational only for small kids.....not much fun for adults and don't last very long. Now the $600 motors ad $600 controllers , I can see the fun in that.....but again in my opinion too much money for the fun factor,
For $350 I bought a harbor freight 420cc gas motor, put a cam, removed governor, upgraded valve train....
now that's fun.......The tesla idea just doesn't do it for me any more.....nice concept,,,,,don't fly. ( my opinion)
Thanks for the reply
(it gets lonely talkin' to yourself)
Um...how much did ya have into it (total) with all of the "upgrades"?
...& in the end, that would be (what like) ~15HP?
I just wanted ta see what this (less than 1.5HP) motor would/could do, on this kart
...& now we can use the data, to compare with the next (5,000W ~6.5HP) motor
Speakin' of data
I noticed, in the video @ 1.39-1.40 mark that the energy meter shows the "load" (1,000W motor)
...as 5,186W
...& drawing 108A
* Normally a/this 1,000W motor, when ran at 48V, should draw ~20A
(1,000W/48V = 20.83A)
Even while just crusin' along (@26 MPH) the "load" registered as ~1,500W +
...& was drawin' over 30A
** Ima thinkin' the "donuts" done 'er in
...gotta stay away from them donuts
JK, Ima always thurstin' for info
...& learnin' as I go
...& (hopefully) everyone is enjoying the ride