OK, you got my interest going. Here is the skinny on the history of the 2 stroke:
The first two-stroke engine was a gas engine invented and built by Etienne Lenoir <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Lenoir> in 1860. A two-stroke diesel engine was built by Dugald Clark <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugald_Clark> in 1878, and used a similar cylinder head to a four-stroke diesel engine, and a supercharger <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercharger>. The gasoline two-stroke engine, and the cylinder ports on which it depends, were invented by Joseph Day <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Day> in 1889. These cylinder ports were subsequently incorporated into diesel two-stroke engines, replacing either just the inlet valves or both inlet and exhaust valves. A great deal of development of the two-stroke engine was done between the two World Wars, particularly by German companies such as DKW <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW> and Fichtel & Sachs. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
