How hard could it to be to build a two-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE) from scratch? This is a challenge that [Camden Bowen] gladly set for himself, while foregoing such obvious wastes of ...
QUESTION: What was the last car to have a two-stroke engine? As strict Western emissions standards were developed, two-stroke ...
We’re introduced to the traditional two-stroke diesel engine as thermally efficient but not smooth-running, and then the gas turbine as smooth but much more inefficient. The free piston engine ...
Porsche has filed a new patent for an engine designed to deliver both power and efficiency, while still relying on combustion ...
Many Japanese motorcycles produced in the years after World War II used two-stroke engines. Although two-stroke engines are simple and cheap to make, and they can provide excellent power with ...
Just a few years later, Scotsman Dugald Clark reckoned he might double the power and improve smoothness by halving the number of strokes, and by 1894 the modern two-stroke engine began to take shape.
The MAN B&W range of MC crosshead two-stroke engines covers the widest range of cylinder sizes (from 260mm to 900mm) and unit outputs (2,200 to 51,840 kW/2,960 to 70,440 hp) available from a ...
Over the last few years, there’s been a resurgence in the popularity of two-stroke engines, even though competitive riders continue to rely on four-stroke power. So which is preferable?
Unlike a four-stroke engine, which musters a single power stroke for every two revolutions of the crankshaft, Porsche's six-stroke affords two power strokes for every three turns of the crank.
Additionally, Jalal says that no manufacturer or importer shall be allowed to assemble a vehicle that makes use of two-stroke engine. We'd assume this two-stroke stipulation doesn't apply to ...