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Old 02-04-2011, 12:34 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
It appears that this idea keeps showing up in the media, but never in vehicles...

New 2-stroke Diesel engine, cool link to Engineering TV

Opposed-piston opposed-cylinder engine claims 50% FE increase
Oopps, I didn't realize that this was that old. (my bad)

Seeing that the military has first dibs, it will probably be quite some time before it is released to the general public, if ever.

The prospects of a small and efficent high horse power engine like this is still intriging to say the least.

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