The Briggs Animal (not sealed) revs up to 12k rpms, while the Briggs LO206 (sealed) only does 6,100. So internals being the same, does riding the limiter damage the engine in any way? Thanks.
Been murdering the chip for 6 years and never seemed to be an issue 
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Same, I absolutely beat that thing sometimes I wonder if the cops are going to show up. Atleast, I know she respects me . 
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I still have flashbacks to Wilmington BKC… Listening to the senior class on the limiter for like 4 seconds each.
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Not sure they quite get up to 12,000 but yeah the 206 goes a Lonng time if you keep oil in it.
That was a super fun one
Elkhart GP counter clockwise… Talk about chip riding…
I think only built engines actually hit 12, but they still go pretty high with the blue coil.
looking for advice…On the 206 I will hit the limiter at the end of the longest straight but on the Mychron I never see 6100rpms. Its close but usually around 6050. Is this normal or am I giving up some?
I would classify that as “normal”. It’s a mix of most 206 coils being slightly under the “max limit” of 6100 AND the fact that it is hard for your Mychron to measure the speed accurately because it reads sparks and the coil is cutting spark.
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Without a tone wheel, you won’t get a great idea of actual rev limit. But 6050 does sound pretty reasonable since they claim 1% error. That’s 61 rpm, so if you want to never go over 6,100, setting them all to 6050 means that extremely few will be over.
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