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![]() "Steve" wrote As already stated, 2-stroke diesels really don't have a power-to-weight advantage over 4-strokes. They still have to have a camshaft and exhaust valves (they aren't like weed whacker engines, you know), so they don't save that weight. Plus they have to have a blower for scavenge air. The only area where they save weight is in that the connecting rod and crank can be lighter, and that only helps offset the added weight of the blower. How about the fact that they have power pulses in each revolution? They could possibly have half the displacement, and still get the same power, (or close to it) with less weight than the double displacement 4 cycle. Yes, the blower weight is added, but it is nice to make good power, way up there. -- Jim in NC |
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