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Results for tag: two stroke
Posted by:
Frank
on Sep 16, 2011 at 01:13:40 PM
This past weekend I spent some time with family in Chicago and while looking at a photo of my Aunt and Uncle I noticed a very strange looking car in the background so I had to ask "what is that"? My Uncle Kevin quickly chimed in "that was our very first Saab, it was a 3 cylinder, 2 stroke car", "we had to add oil to the gas tank after we filled up gas" he also said it was all of 40 horse power which by today’s standards is less than most small motorcycles produce. Now being a huge fan of dirt bikes I felt like I knew all about 2 stroke engines but was having a hard time imagining this tiny Saab running on premix and all that goes into owning, operating and maintaining a 2 stroke car. My first thought was actually how cool would it be to own and drive ... |