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Originally Posted by JGibson
Golf carts weren't really made to work the way we use them.
They're designed for short stop and go operations.
They really need to be designed with a cooling system with a radiator and fan for the way we use them.
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That is true, though some manufacturers are recognizing the transportation side of the market such as Star EV, GEM, Crown and others, which are all electric, and therefore have no need for engine cooling system. They are designed more as LSV’s with transportation as the main function.
As far as Gas Golf Carts, you are basically sitting on top of a 13.5 HP lawn mower engine (the newer QT’s are even less HP) that’’s put into a hulking fiberglass body with fancy seats, and a sheeve belt drive. If you drove your John Deere or Cub Cadet mower like you do your Yamaha QT, they’d overheat, too. They are basically the same as the little Go-Carts we built and raced in the 60’s.