high altitude issiues for Golf car?

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high altitude issiues for Golf car?

Post by oleg8888 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:49 pm

Do you think the 2000 Yamaha will have a problem running there? :?:

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Post by Dato » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:14 pm

nope.

:)

You *may*, and it's a far shot have to adjust the carb a bit, but I *highly* doubt it. If it runs good here, you should have no problems up there. There's plenty of golf carts on the playa, some much older than yours.

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Post by oleg8888 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:06 pm

I sure hope not, b/c I am mechanically dumb :oops:
Here the car, it was about 50% done when I took this shot


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By oleg8888, shot with Canon PowerShot SD600 at 2007-08-20

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Post by AntiM » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:39 am

Have back-ups/spares on the little pneumatic caster tires, people hopping on may blow them.

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Post by Marmot » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:01 am

Echoing the above recommendation on the casters. Bring extras. Trust me, trust me, trust me on this. It's not just about them blowing out, but also the playa dust grinding on the bearings. We killed 3 out of six casters last year-- but we had 2 extras : )

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Post by oleg8888 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:25 am

I am stacking up on coasters, thanks for good advice.
The altitude issue still bother me though

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Post by spectabillis » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm

altitude is not an issue for electric, extreme cold is. only fuel issue with altitude is compressed gas like propane, and thats easily taken care of with a short ammount of relief.

your safe.

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Casters Coasters...

Post by munney » Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:23 pm

:idea: I think the casters / Coaster are for drinks, Maybe your wheels are for drinks so I may be wrong/ Lest I digress, :idea:

:idea: Last year I though about a cheap scooter instead of my golfcart, and was told that one really should have Air filled tires, as the playa likes things to crash, and with hard plastic round things, I just think that Air filled tires would be less likely to dig into the playa like a Plow, Especially with 20 drunken peeps on board weighin'ya down. :idea:

:idea: Go Electric next time, it's Quiet, Try it.... :idea:
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