archer wrote:
> During the 1950s a neighbor had a three cylinder two stroke German Auto 
> Union which he said the Saab was a copy of.  I've often wondered if that was 
> true.  I drove it on several long trips and it seemed to have plenty of 
> power IIRC.
>   

Well, remember, a two-cycle has twice the power strokes per rev of a
four-cycle, so a 3-cylinder two-cycle should run a lot like a four-cycle
V6.  I've never driven a two-cycle car but I'm curious.  Two-cycle
diesels used to be common in big trucks and are still used (on a massive
scale) in ships.

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