In your first picture in post 8 it looks like the nut on the throttle cable is bent and hitting the blower housing.

I agree with twoton the cable should be on the outside of the arm . and your motor mounts must be totally gone also the cables are supposed to come through the oval hole in the fire wall . but the engine is way too low

Here's some pic's of my 1450 wrebuilt carb and properly adjusted governor

Thank you!

That’s odd. The engine seems very well secure in place. Doesn’t rock back or anything. And no driveshaft wobble either. I may recall someone doing a modification a while back to it...

Is that at idle, or part speed?

I believe it was at idle.
If you have not already messed with the carb to gov lever, don't
Chances are it's OK
Mine in the picks is at about 2.9" C/L to C/L
Somewhere in the manuals I have is a chart that spec' that length for different engine applications but I'll be darned if I can find it.

Yeah I’ve noticed something else too. A while back I got a photo of where my old throttle cable was on the clamp. I compare that to now and something has changed. I think I may need to move the position of the throttle cable on this clamp thing. It has moved.

I have messed with it. What is a good setting to screw it to?