The movement of the piston forces the fresh charge in from the carburetor and into the crankcase, where it will wait for the engine to fire, then to scavenge exhaust gases, and start the process over ...

As we begin the last article in this series on the basics of the internal combustion engine, let's stop to review what we've covered during the last five articles. We began last May by detailIing the ...

Unless you're a motocross enthusiast, it's highly likely you haven't ben near a two-stroke engine in decades. While their mechanical simplicity, combined with an explosion on every complete revolution ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 101, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (1992), pp. 1560-1570 (11 pages) The recent interest in two-stroke engines for automotive use has produced powerplants of such divergence that ...

Anyone who appreciates simplicity of design and efficiency of operation has to like small two-stroke-cycle engines that power construction tools such as cut-off saws, rammers and breakers. Producing ...