thefed
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I am planning on souping up 2 PowerWheels cars my son just inherited from family.
After doing some google searches, I've determined that there's a LARGE number of dads who take pride in modifying their kids PowerWheels. You can upgrade or add batteries, motors, gearboxes, tires, electronic accessories, 'turbo buttons', lights, etc
I have a 6 Volt 3-wheeler he uses indoors which will soon be a 12V. After tinkering with that...I will be modding his 12V Harley to 18v, increasing top end speeds by 50% (8-9mph). This 6v surge will be activated by a momentary "turbo" switch mounted to the steering wheel...it will work in tandem with a Bosch type relay which will kick in the extra 6v battery
Then, I plan on taking some motors from my buddy's sons old PW, and turning our 2000 Silverado into a 36v monster (18v 2 times), with 4 motors...one for each wheel. It will be a true 4-wheeler.
If you have done these types of things,let me know how it went. You can check out modifiedpowerwheels.com for some great info and VIDEO's of kids doing donuts,climbing rocks etc. YouTube also has a wealth of burnouts and brake torquing 3 year rolds!
After doing some google searches, I've determined that there's a LARGE number of dads who take pride in modifying their kids PowerWheels. You can upgrade or add batteries, motors, gearboxes, tires, electronic accessories, 'turbo buttons', lights, etc
I have a 6 Volt 3-wheeler he uses indoors which will soon be a 12V. After tinkering with that...I will be modding his 12V Harley to 18v, increasing top end speeds by 50% (8-9mph). This 6v surge will be activated by a momentary "turbo" switch mounted to the steering wheel...it will work in tandem with a Bosch type relay which will kick in the extra 6v battery
Then, I plan on taking some motors from my buddy's sons old PW, and turning our 2000 Silverado into a 36v monster (18v 2 times), with 4 motors...one for each wheel. It will be a true 4-wheeler.
If you have done these types of things,let me know how it went. You can check out modifiedpowerwheels.com for some great info and VIDEO's of kids doing donuts,climbing rocks etc. YouTube also has a wealth of burnouts and brake torquing 3 year rolds!