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Old 08-01-2025, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Which leads to the larger question. Why are golf carts limited to 20 and street legal carts to 25? My cart is set to 19.9, but I have everything that would qualify it to be street legal except a 1-piece windshield and of course the registration fee. People have cited safety as a reason and that carts were only engineered to go 15, so why does paying a fee make the cart safer at 25 than it would be at 20? Oh, yes, the difference is THE FEE.
I agree,

only engineered to go 15?


Engineered gearing to only go 15 MPH. The cart will go as fast as governor lets it or if governor taken out as fast as the lawnmower engine can take in air. Which can be between 30 and 40 MPH depending on gearing and tire height. Or I electric carts case controller or altered controller. I seen some 8” tires on golf carts go as high at 30 or little over which beside them in my car. With the 8” tire engine pretty much tapped out around 30.