Just finished reading a post about governor removal and the dangers involved with doing that but not replacing the flywheel and rod with parts that can take the higher RPM available when the governor is removed. It made me think about the Rupp black widow which used a DeLLorto slide carb. How did Rupp handle the governor on those engines. Did they somehow hook it up or just leave the governor arm swinging in the breeze? I wonder if it was actually disabled did a lot of the HS40 engines blow up or did the Rupp factory beef them up? When I was young (a long time ago) I had my share of HS small block rods going thru the side of the block with no hop up just stretching the governor spring. I am thinking if it really was ungoverned what was their warranty claims like.