Development of the Aprilia DITECH 50 engine

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Ambler, Mike, author.

Conference Name:

Small Engine Technology Conference & Exposition (2001-11-28 : Pisa, Italy)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2001

Summary:

A good scooter engine needs the following characteristics:Those characteristics are in line (mostly) with the specification of a modern two-stroke engine. However, the non-stop upward spiral of anti-pollution laws has imposed new limits to scooter engines.Three immediate solutions are capable of operating in today's legislative environment:Aprilia has decided to follow the third way by presenting DITECH, a new perspective in the motorcycling world.Obviously, as pioneer of this technology on small, high-speed engines, Aprilia has spent a great deal of time and money to solve the "application" related problems of the DITECH system, problems not previously encountered.The biggest design and /or development challenges during the engine's industrialization have been:This project has taken Aprilia through the creation of a totally new engine, with unique characteristics. With DITECH, a tremendous reduction of oil an fuel consumption and very low emission of exhaust smoke has been possible, without sacrificing "top end" performance and great mid range torque of a classic two stroke engine.The potential of this new engine technology is very high, due to the relatively simple emissions package required to meet coming anti-pollution laws

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Publisher Number:

2001-01-1781

Access Restriction:

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