I don't agree that there is any future in it. There is no other major
industry that is interested in producing large consumer two strokes besides
the boating outboard business. You simply can not easily design a two
stroke that is going to cleanly burn all the fuel at the entire rpm range.
Reducing the fuel charge is extremely dangerous to longevity. At the same
time advanced flow analysis and engine designs continue to make 4 strokes in
cars and motorcylces simpler, more powerful, cleaner, and cheaper to
produce. Most of that engineering is directly transferable into 4 stroke
outboards at a far lesser cost. The advantage of a full cycle to clean out
the combustion products and reload with a fresh charge is hard to beat if
you're looking to have a clean burn across the entire rpm range.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:48:47 GMT, "JamesgangNC"
wrote:

Not taking a position on Karen's usefulness but I have to agree with her
position on 2 strokes. There is just far too much established 4 stroke
engineering that can be used to make reliable riskfree 4 stroke products.
Trying to make a 2 stroke low emission is just not worth it. Doing so
negates one of the biggests advantages of a two stroke, it's simplicity.

I agree with that, but I don't believe that two stroke technology is
dead. I believe, and it's only my opinon, that those who are invested
in two stroke technology will make it well worth the while. E-TEC may
just be the start.

Later,

Tom