Two Stroke Spotting-Cars (and the odd bike)
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Two Stroke Spotting-Cars (and the odd bike)
Here's a little selection, always sound better giving the revs a decent boot. The 2 Stroke Car is a bit of a museum piece these days, but a quirky and interesting crop to consider.
Here's a selection, also containing trucks and bikes.
And here's one from SAAB, niceish but well behind the most beautiful 2-stroke car ever made....which is
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Here's a selection, also containing trucks and bikes.
And here's one from SAAB, niceish but well behind the most beautiful 2-stroke car ever made....which is
REgards Neil
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So why do 2-stroke engines sound like.....well 2-stroke engines, and at idle sound ,(awful yes!), and like they are just about to stall. Well I found this explanation which sounded reasonable to me.....
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Good grief, Neil. Never has the Hide button been more welcome!
Half way through, had almost given up the will to live.
Really looking forward to the total outlawing and demise of two-stroke bikes etc - fed up with their noise, smell and fumes, even on new ones. How come they've survived so long?
Half way through, had almost given up the will to live.
Really looking forward to the total outlawing and demise of two-stroke bikes etc - fed up with their noise, smell and fumes, even on new ones. How come they've survived so long?
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I can't be entertaining all the time Chris!
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I'll dig this out from the FCF archives. A two stroke kettle from the 1970's.
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑17 Oct 2018, 15:54 side by side a 68 reg strange looking machine with double front wheels, and a motorbike
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No, no, Neil . . . Always entertaining!
Back with that 2-stroke article, if ever there was a need for a diagram, this was it.
Found this, which explains a lot:
Click on link to animate
https://cdn.instructables.com/FCP/APL1/ ... .LARGE.gif
Back with that 2-stroke article, if ever there was a need for a diagram, this was it.
Found this, which explains a lot:
Click on link to animate
https://cdn.instructables.com/FCP/APL1/ ... .LARGE.gif
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Re: Two Stroke Spotting-Cars (and the odd bike)
Even back in my school days the 2 Stroke was a rarity, Wartburg Knights and Saab 99's mostly.
Also remember seeing the Rootes TS3 in a 60's Commer Tractor unit at the Great Dorset back in 2013.
Quite a little curiosity.
One of these days I'll fix up my 2 Stroke Genny to run properly, suspect blocked Jets in the Carb; but for the moment its largely redundant anyway, having been bought primarily for cutting repair panels out of scrap 405's where no mains power is available.
Also remember seeing the Rootes TS3 in a 60's Commer Tractor unit at the Great Dorset back in 2013.
Quite a little curiosity.
One of these days I'll fix up my 2 Stroke Genny to run properly, suspect blocked Jets in the Carb; but for the moment its largely redundant anyway, having been bought primarily for cutting repair panels out of scrap 405's where no mains power is available.
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑18 Apr 2019, 07:58
And here's one from SAAB, niceish but well behind the most beautiful 2-stroke car ever made....which is
Anyone care to offer up any candidates! and off topic planes/trains/boats/submarines/hovercraft/model aeroplanes/standing engines......generators all welcome!
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Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑18 Apr 2019, 09:50 One of these days I'll fix up my 2 Stroke Genny to run properly,
Have a pop over to the interesting/unusual engines thread Puxa......Toyota R&D working on a crankshaftless "2-stroke" genny as a "range extender".
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Anything to keep the oil companies in the game! Toyota are fighting hard to prolong ICE product.
Joseph Swan . . . Now there's one for you, Neil.
Edison did his best to steal the limelight (no pun intended), as was his wont.
Joseph Swan . . . Now there's one for you, Neil.
Edison did his best to steal the limelight (no pun intended), as was his wont.
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Re: Two Stroke Spotting-Cars (and the odd bike)
One of my customers, a bike enthusiast, ran one of these as his favourite from his collection. He had a Mk 2 Jag but rarely used it
I wonder what happened to his collection when he died but I'd guess his son, who's mother described as a 'perpetual student' flogged them off.
I wonder what happened to his collection when he died but I'd guess his son, who's mother described as a 'perpetual student' flogged them off.
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Did you forget to post the video up Chris? Newcastle Uni. Who knew?
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First I have seen of it Neil.
Looks interesting,I may have the T-shirt but never attended Newcastle Uni other than for a graduation ceremony
Looks interesting,I may have the T-shirt but never attended Newcastle Uni other than for a graduation ceremony
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Yes my apologies Steve I mistakenly used your name when I was replying to a post by Chris...have since edited in Chris' name.
So with no contenders so far I will reveal the most beautiful 2-stroke car ever built
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I'm afraid I have to be a curmudgeon here and declare a long lasting dislike for two-strokes.
They sound awful and stink - much worse than the usual diesel pong.
On the other side I drove several SAAB 96s in Sweden and they are great from the inside
Loved the free-wheel, insane
They sound awful and stink - much worse than the usual diesel pong.
On the other side I drove several SAAB 96s in Sweden and they are great from the inside
Loved the free-wheel, insane