[AT] Rationale for firing orders

Tom tmartin at xtra.co.nz
Tue Mar 23 12:31:22 PST 2004


BetCleve321 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 3/23/2004 3:25:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> tmartin at xtra.co.nz writes:
> Down here it's common for speedway racers to convert twin cylinder
> mc engines cranks & cams to have both cylinders fire together to get
> better bite of the track.
> 
> Tom
> Two strokes worked well that way and I remember they were called 'twingles'.
> 
> Skip

Two strokes that used 2 pistons together like the TWN & Puch
don't really the same analogy as the cylinders were not identical
and a common combustion chamber was used.
One piston controlled the inlet ports, the other, the exhaust
ports. 

Tom



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