What do you think of this motor?

[Muffs]

I found this 10HP motor but I'm suspicious that it would take way too much juice to be practical in a cart. Mostly because I calculated the wattage to be over 6000! Also how fast do you think this thing could get me going? I looked for similar posts here and couldn't find anything.

http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/10HP-3Phase-Motor_8789810

Thanks for your help.

 

[KieranM]

got a pic of the motor sounds like an industrial ac

 

[Bluethunder3320]

woah thats a huge amount of amps once i made a scooter with a 500 amp and every time i throttled it the front end would go up in the air..............

 

[MacfarlaneRacers]

Maybe It Could Reach Over 80
Can Depend If Its Made For A Go-kart or not Like Parrilas Are Fast Because They Are Made For Go-Karts

 

[Muffs]

Yea maybe it wouldnt do so good on a Kart. It isnt made for one.

Check it out. I forgot to put a link in the original post. It doesnt rev high but couldnt I compensate for that with gear ratio?

http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/10HP-3Phase-Motor_8789810

 

[KieranM]

wont work, weighs to much, industrial, designed for power not speed

 

[Muffs]

Yea but power can always be turned into to speed with high gear ratios cant it?

Could you recommend some motors then plz? That are decently powerful.

Thanks for the input btw.

 

[Rustydog2010]

Motorbike motor mate, the best way to go by far, more HP and a gearbox.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

or, a harbor freight 6.5

electric i dont really know any electric cart motors... take a pic of that indistrial one u got and weigh it.

 

[KieranM]

Sorry didnt have time to explain fully. Thats an old motor, looks like it was used for a belt sander or a machine of the same category. Its run off the mains power supply which is ac so unless it has a rectifier (i beleive) to change it to dc it wont work for you, because batteries are dc. Look into scooter motors or the razor pocket bike motors

 

[Bluethunder3320]

yeah 200 volts would be hard to get with a battery anyways.... but u can always use a converter for the ac/dc problem.

 

[devino246]

yeah 200 volts would be hard to get with a battery anyways.... but u can always use a converter for the ac/dc problem.

It would have to convert to 3 phase. That motor will never work for a kart.

 

[Muffs]

Thanks for the input, guess I wont be getting this motor

 

[Bluethunder3320]

i have a mx500 watt motor that was used in a dirt bike the only thing is i had to cut off the nut to take off the sprocket for another project so if you want it ill sell it for like 20 bucks... you will need to weld your own sprocket on it if i cant find the original one. its 36v 500 watt like i said before.

new:
http://www.razorama.com/razor-mx500-motor.html

 

[Bluethunder3320]

not alot of power but it has some kick for a small kart or a beer crate racer lol

 

[Muffs]

Sure if shipping isn't too bad might as well take it. Im sure i could find a use for it.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

ya i dont know. also i wonder if my parents would let me

 

[brendonv]

Cant use it. Its 3 phase. plus its 200v. Thats a lot of batteries. You need a DC motor not an AC. Look for around the 36v to 48v DC motors.

 

[KieranM]

^^^ and all that has been said already

 

[BigBadJohn]

That's a 3 phase motor. They run on 240 or 480
vac. 3 phase
is much different than typical single phase in a house. You wouldn't
even be able to run it in your home. I
definitely do not reccomend it. Even if you could get
it to run it would suck way too much battery power