spring throttle

[kadsjr]

does anyone attach their throttle cable to the spring under the fuel tank ? i dont attach it to the leaver i find that the spring gives it more power and acelaration?

 

[fowler]

thats because u are bypassing the govener.
there is a way to properly remove the govener and u proberly should.
some say its fine to run it as u have it set up now.
but others say it will cause certan death of the engine.
personally id set it up by moding the lever or removing the govener properly.

 

[kadsjr]

ahhh bypassing the govener in what way does that affect the engine?

 

[jandj]

Governor = rev limiter.
No governor and a heavy gas foot may make a stock motor go boom.
The upside of the motor going boom is that you'll have an excuse to buy a motor that won't.

 

[kadsjr]

thanks for the help hopefully bypassing it with a light foot doesnt make it go BOOM!

 

[r97]

either use the engine normally or take out the gov,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJK3HgOs1Gs
like said above DON'T rev it too much unless you modify it further.

 

[glb7]

So what is the difference of a go kart with a governor and one without a governor...?

 

[r97]

without a gov the engine will rev until the valves float or until something else happens (depending on how it has bean modded). with a gov it will only rev to the factory set rpm (usually 3600rpm on small industrial engines)

 

[fowler]

u can do other mods to it to get higher revs without risk