Re: ihc-digest V5 #115 Governors on 345 392

[Steve Stegmann <stegmann@domain.elided>]

Joel,

I'd bet serious money that there are no governors on Scout motors.  My 79 
definitely didn't have one unless it was in the distributor.  I'd bet 
valve float occurs around 4000 with a stock setup.  This is a pretty good 
governor in itself.

In the heavy trucks they probably installed them to keep the drivers from
blowing the motors.  Can you say to lazy to shift.  Did youever listen to
the trash trucks being driven.  Also these motors were not exactly
powerhouses when hauling a dump truck around.  Sounded to me like they
just ran them up to max governed rpm and went faster or slower by changing
gears.  Just like a tractor. 

Steve

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