The golf cart motor in my electric car is rated at 6hp continues and while watching the watt meter on my paktrakr gauge, I've seen the watt draw of the motor peek at over 37,000 watts, that was from a near dead stop and braking the tires loose on dry pavement, doing that kind of thing also is how I've melted battery posts, vaporized the leads coming off the brushes and broke the leaf springs on the rear axle, it is also a good way to get the motor to kick out some heat on a cold morning and this was done with a fan cooling the motor.
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Originally Posted by order99
Wait-golf cart motors can reach 40-50 HP? I had heard a peak of 6HP or less but i'd love to be wrong...
Does this mean you could actually use one in a subcompact car with the appropriate cooling or is there still a torque issue? The only motors I can afford so far go for $10 at the salvage yards and are half the size of a soda can, so needless to say i'm interested in powerful cheap motors, the cheaper and stronger the better!
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