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CP241 · 07-11-2019, 08:58 AM

The rev limiter is keeping your engine from coming apart. It is located below the valve cover, it's gold bracket. There's a brown wire with an eyelet going through one of the 10mm bolts. disconnect that and insulate it so it can't touch metal and it is bypassed.

Do not do this without a good tachometer installed. Keep it under 3800rpm or so, or you will be buying a new motor in the near future. Valve float could be a problem, but the countebalance weight is a bigger problem as it tends to come apart and open a nice sized window in the back of the motor. I have what's left of a FE290 in the scrap metal pile now from a DS I bought...

I would recommend just loosening the zip ties a bit so the rev limiter does not come into play. It takes a while to get just the right balance so you can get max speed without hitting rev cut, but once you get there that's all you're going to get. best to just live withit. if you want more speed, get gears.

07-11-2019, 08:58 AM	#2
CP241 Nincompoop village idiot Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,673	Re: zip tie mod The rev limiter is keeping your engine from coming apart. It is located below the valve cover, it's gold bracket. There's a brown wire with an eyelet going through one of the 10mm bolts. disconnect that and insulate it so it can't touch metal and it is bypassed. Do not do this without a good tachometer installed. Keep it under 3800rpm or so, or you will be buying a new motor in the near future. Valve float could be a problem, but the countebalance weight is a bigger problem as it tends to come apart and open a nice sized window in the back of the motor. I have what's left of a FE290 in the scrap metal pile now from a DS I bought... I would recommend just loosening the zip ties a bit so the rev limiter does not come into play. It takes a while to get just the right balance so you can get max speed without hitting rev cut, but once you get there that's all you're going to get. best to just live withit. if you want more speed, get gears.