Two stroke diesel

[Mafesto]

OK, bear with me here. I always loved the responsive, quick revving detroit diesel. And that got me wondering if anyone has toyed with small displacement 2 stroke forced induction diesel engines?
Couldn't this be made to be just as light as a current gas engine? I can see meeting noise and epa requirements being a challenge.
Maybe a dumb idea.

 

[volcano buster]

What application are you picturing this working well in?
What would the redline look like?

 

[Ox]

This way you don't need a pipe to hear it for miles?

 

[Gunit111]

Development work being done on 2 stroke diesels today are horizontally apposed with no heads; pistons run toward each other. Close to meeting epa standards but heavy with 2 cranks. Noise, weight and cooling would be a problem in a sled.

 

[Ox]

Development work being done on 2 stroke diesels today are horizontally apposed with no heads; pistons run toward each other. Close to meeting epa standards but heavy with 2 cranks. Noise, weight and cooling would be a problem in a sled.

Revisiting an age old design?

Actually, now that I think of it, I think that was a steam engine design.

That design seems like it could maybe have a slight bit of efficiency benefit, but I think that would be hard on the drive-train.
Johnny Poppers were known to be hard on PTO driven equipment doo to their inherent lack of smoothness.


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