08-04-2004, 09:29 AM
it DOES have a snail! Well, at least it must have some form of forced induction since the two stroke diesel cycle requires it.
And current automotive diesel engines are 4-stroke, very similar to gas. There are smaller two stroke engines than this of course (train and boat engines), and it'd never be "small" and cheap enough for say, a lawnmower engine (since it requires FI), but I wonder why it can't work in a 2 liter (instead of 10000 liter+) or other such automotive size. My only guess is that it has to rev slow to work?
And current automotive diesel engines are 4-stroke, very similar to gas. There are smaller two stroke engines than this of course (train and boat engines), and it'd never be "small" and cheap enough for say, a lawnmower engine (since it requires FI), but I wonder why it can't work in a 2 liter (instead of 10000 liter+) or other such automotive size. My only guess is that it has to rev slow to work?