A Fresh Approach to the Design of Clean Engines for the Performance Motorcycle Market Orbital Corporation

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

HOUSTON, Rodney, author.

Conference Name:

Small Engine Technology Conference & Exposition (2007-10-30 : Nugata, Japan)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, JAPAN Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan 2007

Summary:

Until the early to mid 1990's the engine of choice for off road and recreational vehicles were mainly 2-stroke engines due to the superior power density and Wide Open Throttle (WOT) torque characteristics. With the introduction of increasingly more stringent emission control requirements there has been a large swing to 4-stroke engines. In recent years there has been significant development to improve the power density of the 4-stroke engine in an effort to match the performance 2-stroke engine, however at a compromise to the torque characteristics and the manufacturing and maintenance cost of the engine. This paper looks at a fresh approach to develop a new concept engine to deliver a better compromise between the 4-stroke and existing carburettor 2-stroke characteristics, and provides early experimental results from the development work for a preferred WOT torque characteristic

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Publisher Number:

2007-32-0001

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