Is a golf cart considered an EV?

I fawkin love this thing.

I've been wanting something like this for a property, mailbox, and garbage can hauler. Is the rear axle solid/spooled, or open diff?

There are some running EZ-GO carts in my area for decent prices ($1k-2k). They seem more common than Yamahas, though I'm not sure how they compare. Parts might be easier to find for the EZ-GO.

Java230 said:

Nice, I got some thin line black work done, hopefully it holds up! My other one is all pretty thick and black. Its been good.

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**** yeah, I love thin black line work. There ought to be a tattoo thread in chat where we can share pics to get ideas, or make fun of people's bad ink, lol. I want to do my left leg next.

Yotota said:

I fawkin love this thing.

I've been wanting something like this for a property, mailbox, and garbage can hauler. Is the rear axle solid/spooled, or open diff?

There are some running EZ-GO carts in my area for decent prices ($1k-2k). They seem more common than Yamahas, though I'm not sure how they compare. Parts might be easier to find for the EZ-GO.

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Good question, I never thought to check. Jacked it up just now, and it's definitely an open diff.

IMO the brand doesn't really matter other than aesthetics, and if you want an aluminum frame or not. I like the earlier yamahas because I have one, and the parts swap between them for like a decade and a half of model years, a bunch of generations. I've rewired this thing completely so it's basically a club car now because that style of electric parts was easier to get my hands on.

Yamaha, EZ-GO, Club Car, all basically the same thing. Regional availability seems to be based on what the regional golf courses order, so some areas have more yamaha, some EZ-GO, some club car, etc. Get whatever is most prevalent in your area, and cheap AF, then start building!!

Yotota said:

I fawkin love this thing.

I've been wanting something like this for a property, mailbox, and garbage can hauler. Is the rear axle solid/spooled, or open diff?

There are some running EZ-GO carts in my area for decent prices ($1k-2k). They seem more common than Yamahas, though I'm not sure how they compare. Parts might be easier to find for the EZ-GO.

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I installed a LS diff in mine. I have an EZGO, but I don’t know that they are any better. Probably like Ford and GM. The one thing I can tell you is, you want a lithium battery. I had lead/acid for years and they suck. You are always cleaning connections. Since I installed a lithium battery, the cart has been 100% maintenance free.

Yeah we should have a thread!

When frssh

WaterH said:

I installed a LS diff in mine. I have an EZGO, but I don’t know that they are any better. Probably like Ford and GM. The one thing I can tell you is, you want a lithium battery. I had lead/acid for years and they suck. You are always cleaning connections. Since I installed a lithium battery, the cart has been 100% maintenance free.

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Thanks. The lithium batteries make sense as well - especially for a 48v upgrade to a 36v cart.

Java230 said:

Yeah we should have a thread!

When frssh

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That's ****in sick man. Super clean lines and dotwork!!

Drew up and printed a new badge for the front since the stock one was broken. Printed black, painted black to fill lines, then tried dipping the badge face down on some wet white paint to color the letters. Worked alright.



10 minutes after that one finished printing, a friend of mine had this idea. I love it so much more than the above, lol.



Finally, some glamour shots for y'all. Seatbelts and controller tuning attempt are next, then I need to rebuild the seat, gonna build a bumper, and stick a roof on this thing.

After extensive research, I finally found the proper programmer to tune my (chinese clone of a) curtis controller. Shoutout to Fentertainment on youtube for finding a current link to a Curtis 1313 programmer, and it's got a 10% off coupon right now too. If you like golf carts, give him a watch, it's pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/@FEntertainment

Link to the programmer.


Since I used a clone of a chinacom curtis 1205 controller, I wasn't sure if a branded Curtis controller would connect to it, but turns out yes, it can, lol. Hell of a good clone.

Plug the programmer to the square pattern 4 pin connector on the controller, then turn the cart on, it should power up.



Go to parameters and start clicking around to see what's available to you.





I changed a bunch of stuff, pretty much just guessing:

Changed quick start, accel rate, Rev speed
Throttle max from 90 to 100
Throttle deadband to 4
Throttle map to 80
Under voltage cutback from 75 to 68
Under voltage cutback rate from 19 to 10
Boost to on

Now it does mini wheelies, lol. Gotta find a more powerful motor next.