I need help on throttle cable or somethin?

[parker88]

Allright my question is when the motor is running and the kart is on blocks with it idleing i can hit the little throttle thing on the carb and it will rev way up...and thats how fast I want my kart to go...BUT even with it still sittin on blocks and i hit the gas pedal to the floor it will only rev about half as fast as it does when you hit the throttle thing on the carb...???

Is it my throttle cable or what????

btw the motor is a 5hp briggs

thanx

 

[parker88]

anybody???

 

[freakboy]

does the pedal go far enough down? is it hitting something?

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

your bypassing the governor when you rev by directly moving the butterfly on the carb. You can disable the governor by taking about the engine, removing the governor gear, weights, and arm, plugging the hole, removing all linkage, and re-doing it by attaching a throttle cable directly to the butterfly on the carb.

 

[parker88]

no the pedal goes as far as it can...I unhooked the pedal and just pulled the throttle cable with my hand and it still only gets bout half of what it does when i push the lever on the carb that increases the rpms

 

[vandancouver]

kaptain: i removed my gov..but i dont understand wha you mean there

you say you bypass the gov when you rev it up directly moving the butterfly on the carb.

so why would you need to remove the gov if your throttle goes directly to the butterfly on the carb? it would be the same thing as the first one

 

[parker88]

Ive been told by alot of people to leave the governor alone...?

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

You need to remove the whole governor system from the engine, because if you dont there is a very good chance of the governor weights (on the governor gear) getting flung off from the increased rpms, and possibly damaging something internally. Can you take pics of your throttle linkage setup?

 

[freakboy]

i was thinking that he was by passing the gov to but i wanted to try to find the simple fix. what you probaly are doing is getting the engine to rev up past the goved red line.

 

[parker88]

sry for the crappy cell phone pics guys...my digital camera is dead

 

[parker88]

does that tell you anything???

 

[freakboy]

Can you show us the linkags on the carburetor or is that it?

 

[parker88]

well I dont think you can see much of the linkage without removing a few things so it may be tomarrow before i can get the pics...Like I said before ive heard that i shouldnt remove the governor at all...so what else could i do to get some more top end? Straight pipe maybe? btw this is a carter go cart and it has a torque converter on it...It has a ton of low end but it just isnt that fast on the top end

 

[freakboy]

who said you shouldnt remove the gov and why? only strait pipe it if you dont have many neibors that get pissed off and what kind of engine is it? what brand engine

 

[parker88]

A guy that use to teach a small engine class at the vocational school said that I would probally blow the motor up...its a 5hp briggs not the ohv

 

[freakboy]

only if you play the part of a stupid person and just hold the throtal down then you will throw a rod. but if you listen to the humm of the engine and tune your ear to know when its to high you will be good.

 

[parker88]

If i were to remove the gov. could i just put a stop on my throttle rod so that it wouldnt rev to high???

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

yea, you could, but then whats the point of taking off the governor?

 

[parker88]

lol well i meant like not so high to where it would hurt the motor...If i changed sprockets would that give me some more top end? what size should i switch too?

 

[parker88]

Im bout to make a straight pipe and I was wonderin if theres anything I need to be aware off? WIll I have to rejet the carb or anything? Also what are my options as far as an aftermarket airfilter?