governor bypass

Hey there, I’m hoping someone could help me out here. I recently bought a brand new Coleman bt200x. I put a GPS stage 1 kit on it, cut the throttle screw and did the zip tie trick for the governor. Today I went to change my valve springs out from stock to 18 lb springs. Once I thought I had them...

something is messed up with with all the crazy linkage on my briggs and after reading a few things was wondering if my engine will really grenade if i just bypass the governor? seems like some people said they left it on and just had linkage going straight to the carb and no problems. others...