Governor system for gasoline powered vehicles

A vehicle having an engine and a drive axle receiving drive torque from the engine, comprising:

• a pedal assembly;
• a throttle operably interconnected to the engine for varying a drive torque output thereof;
• and
• a governor system operably disposed intermediate to said pedal assembly and said throttle for limiting a degree of throttle travel as a function of rotational speed of the drive axle, said governor system including:
• a governor shaft rotatably supported by the drive axle and operably interconnected to the drive axle for varying a feedback torque of said governor shaft in accordance with the rotational speed of the drive axle;
• a governor arm fixed for rotation with said governor shaft;
• a throttle cable operably interconnecting said throttle and said governor arm for applying a first pulling force to said throttle as said governor arm is induced to rotate;
• and
• an accelerator cable resiliently interconnecting said pedal assembly and said governor arm to apply a second pulling force to said governor arm to induce rotation thereof for applying a torque on said governor shaft, said torque balancing with said feedback torque of said governor shaft for limiting said first pulling force as a function of the rotational speed of the drive axle.