08-04-2004, 01:09 AM
Reading about diesels, came across this:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel-two-stroke.htm
Didn't know there was such a thing as two stroke diesel. Makes a lot of sense, but the one thing the article didn't explain, and I can't seem to find, is why can't it be (or why isn't it) done on smaller engines? If the system takes out the emissions problems that occur with two stroke gasoline engines... well hell, that was most of the problem right? Seems like they'd be great!
Currently, this is the kind of application two-stroke diesel technology is reserved for:
![[Image: rta96c_crank.jpg]](http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/rta96c_crank.jpg)
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel-two-stroke.htm
Didn't know there was such a thing as two stroke diesel. Makes a lot of sense, but the one thing the article didn't explain, and I can't seem to find, is why can't it be (or why isn't it) done on smaller engines? If the system takes out the emissions problems that occur with two stroke gasoline engines... well hell, that was most of the problem right? Seems like they'd be great!
Currently, this is the kind of application two-stroke diesel technology is reserved for: