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Old 09-19-2023, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by PGApromike View Post
I have a 2018 Yamaha Drive 2 fleet. The difference in fleet cart and a PTV is lights and gears. I want to get the high end gears in my fleet cart. I get 18mph and researched stock PTV gears will get me up to the 25mph area it 6-7 mph more. Gears new about $325. I don't have the tools to do it myself or I would.
If you've had this done, love to hear from you
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I also investigated gears recently and ended up agreeing with several others on this thread. With wheels, a going theory is you can add about 1mph for each additional inch of diameter on wheels. I have a 2021 Drive 2 QuietTech fleet vehicle and tied the governor open. Using my GPS speedometer as the reference I went from about 22 mph wide open to, on average, 24 mph and hit 25 often depending on how the wind's blowing. Highest recorded speed has been 27 mph. So for the cost of a tiewrap vs $300 - $500, I've increased buggie speed by 3 - 5 mph. No changes in tires either. That's just my personal experience.