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Originally Posted by mechman600
I wonder what makes them so efficient. They stopped producing 2-cycle diesels for trucks in the late 80s because they were so inefficient and wouldn't meet emissions.
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inefficient? No. Two-stroke engines don't "waste"
separate 'intermediate' cycles for intake and exhaust, so they are roughly
twice as powerful for their size as four-stroke engines...and weigh less too.
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emissions, yes, they're terrible.