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Subject:RE: Governors (i.e.-rev limiters)
From:No Quarter
Date:Fri, 3 May 1996 19:32:37 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 3 May 1996, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote:

> Hmmm... have to admit ignorance here. I've never seen/heard of a rev
> limiter on a VW engine, excpet for an ignition-cutout plunger on a
> special rotor for certain bus distributor.
> 

I distinctly remember that last year sometime on the aircldvw listserv, 
that a fella picked up a governor at a swapfest and it bolted between the 
carb and the intake manifold.  If I remember right, it had something to 
do with a butterfly valve that would start to close at an 
adjustable air velocity, essentially choking off the engine.  I don't 
know who it was, but I remember him explaining it out t everyone...

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