Faster Power Wheels

[rcbubba]

hey guyz newb here

i wuz wandering if you can put a new motor in a power wheels car. or something to make it go faster. Stock they go like 5 MPH in high gear. i think they have drill motors for an engine.

Thanx
bubba

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

you could rewind the motor to make it faster. probably the cheapest way to do it (<$10). The runtiimes will go down a bit too.

use a larger diameter wire and fill up the armature as much as possible. Are you up to it, or do you want a drop in motor replacement? What voltage is this power wheel?

 

[AdamF]

Upping the voltage is the easiest way to make a power wheels go faster. If its 6v, go to 12v. If its 12v, go to 18v. If you get a faster motor, you will probably have to add heat sinks to it to make sure it stays cool, and it will greatly reduce run time.

Here's a forum that has some good info


http://www.ryanhull.com/forums2/index.php?sid=60d2ef94897435a089345ce565f221c1

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

thats an awesome forum!

good idea of just adding voltage, probably would work better than rewinding motor.

 

[Crawlsalot]

i used to have a power wheels vette and my parents just put a regular car battery in it and it hauled ***.

 

[ChickenHawk]

i used to have a power wheels vette and my parents just put a regular car battery in it and it hauled ***.

my dad did the same thang and he sealed up tha tires and tha thang floated it was sweet:lol:

 

[SlammedMini469]

my dad put electric wheelchair batterys on one and it will fly....