governor

[tenlizard]

what are the pros and cons of removing the governor?

[jr dragster Tyler]

pros more horsepower. Cons is posible death from inproper use.

[sayre315]

usally if its a briggs and its stock with no govener the rod will shatter b4 the flywheel explodes

[Kenny_McCormic]

Pros: Faster, you are directly connected to the engine
Cons: possible to blow it up depending on motor, most will shatter a rod and put a hole in the block(fatal injury HIGHLY unlikely, injury at all is unlikely in most situations) but some motors (those Chinese honda clone engines) will blow a flywheel magnet(which HAS killed before).

[Russ2251]

Originally Posted by jr dragster Tyler

pros more horsepower.

Well...not really. Horsepower peaks (or shortly thereafter) at governed speed. After that it's just increased RPM.

[tenlizard]

Originally Posted by Russ2251

Well...not really. Horsepower peaks (or shortly thereafter) at governed speed. After that it's just increased RPM.

which makes you go faster because of the increase of rpm correct?

[Russ2251]

Originally Posted by tenlizard

which makes you go faster because of the increase of rpm correct?

Correct.

[jr dragster Tyler]

Makes you faster but HP drops off with stock cams and carbs after 3600 rpm

[oscaryu1]

Originally Posted by jr dragster Tyler

Makes you faster but HP drops off with stock cams and carbs after 3600 rpm

Briggs somehow made their engines to have most horsepower at 3600RPM, so it's rather useless to run it stock ungoverned.

[I like karts]

^uh.... extra speed?.... you don't really need that much horsepower once you're going that fast


I remove the governor on my engines, but I try to keep it within a reasonable speed to prevent esplosions