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How Two-stroke Engines Work

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A car engine uses a four-stroke cycle -- how can two strokes accomplish the same tasks? Learn all about the two-stroke engine, where it's used and how it compares to a four-stroke.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: HowStuffWorks

Length: 02:14
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exdeath77 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@DynastyPercussion And the Yamaha RD500 (RZ500) is a four cylinder V4-engine.
Skater3z3b (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@DynastyPercussion yes the yamaha banshee is a 350cc twin cylinder two stroke
TestECull (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@samoht1977 Have fun raping our environment!
madjimms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@samoht1977 Well that's good, too many nasty combustion engines anyway.
samoht1977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@madjimms Uhm... no. I'm actually headed to electric engines and cars ;)
madjimms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@samoht1977 Do you know of any good 2SE's that have a separate oil system? Something that's around 2-10hp
samoht1977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@madjimms @madjimms The Wankel engine has got its own lubrication system. Anyway, due to the nature of the engine, its lifespan is a little shorter than 4SE - considering the tremendous power it puts out though, I think it's quite a fair price to pay. As you can see, that old proverb kicks right in: if you burn the candles at both ends, you'll have twice the light at half the burning time...
madjimms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@samoht1977 Mazda rotary engines in the RX-8 seem to not burn any oil at this point. the older engines did.
runjatsala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
show me more..nice...simple explanation...
DynastyPercussion (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Is there such a thing as a "dual 2-stroke engine"?, which is basically kinda of like a v-twin but in a two stroke format.

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