I've posted this on the golf cart message boards but not getting an answer, so figured I'd ask the smart minds over here.
Ultimately I'll be doing an engine swap (Vegas Carts), but figured I would use the stock engine until it dies. Plus my wife will approve easier if it needs an engine rather than I want one haha.
I've got a 2007 EZGO ST350 2+2. Engine is a Robins 350 and stock as far as I know, with the exception of me adjusting the governor. I suspect it isn't working based on the speeds I'm getting. I also added an Equus tach.
Here's the question...
I know that running at a higher RPM wears on the engine faster, and no one can say just how fast, but if at WOT it's hitting 5k RPM, what the best guess on how long it will last? Weeks? Months? Years? I believe EZGO says 4K is the max you should run.
It's hitting 25-27 mph (2-4 mph faster than I expected) according to two different GPS on my phone. That's why I added the tachometer, so I could see how much RPM it's churning.
My main concern is that I won't grenade the engine soon....like in the next 2 weeks, when I'm supposed to haul it down to Port A for a week at the beach with the in laws....be a bad time for it to die.
Appreciate it!
Oh and I'd post a pic if I knew how now that photobucket is gone....fail I know
Ultimately I'll be doing an engine swap (Vegas Carts), but figured I would use the stock engine until it dies. Plus my wife will approve easier if it needs an engine rather than I want one haha.
I've got a 2007 EZGO ST350 2+2. Engine is a Robins 350 and stock as far as I know, with the exception of me adjusting the governor. I suspect it isn't working based on the speeds I'm getting. I also added an Equus tach.
Here's the question...
I know that running at a higher RPM wears on the engine faster, and no one can say just how fast, but if at WOT it's hitting 5k RPM, what the best guess on how long it will last? Weeks? Months? Years? I believe EZGO says 4K is the max you should run.
It's hitting 25-27 mph (2-4 mph faster than I expected) according to two different GPS on my phone. That's why I added the tachometer, so I could see how much RPM it's churning.
My main concern is that I won't grenade the engine soon....like in the next 2 weeks, when I'm supposed to haul it down to Port A for a week at the beach with the in laws....be a bad time for it to die.
Appreciate it!
Oh and I'd post a pic if I knew how now that photobucket is gone....fail I know