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In the times of 50cc road races you could get 10hp out of it, at maybe 17.000 rpm :) No idea how fast these cars would go with such an engine, they are not made
by mpol 6y ago
In the times of 50cc road races you could get 10hp out of it, at maybe 17.000 rpm :) No idea how fast these cars would go with such an engine, they are not made to go 150km/h :) The way you tune a 2-stroke is by polishing the ports of the cylinder to have an almost perfect airflow. In the Netherlands this happened a lot in the sixties and seventies to ride at illegal speeds with your moped, it was considered a craft. In the eighties people just bought a replacement cylinder to go at illegal speeds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_cc_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_cc_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_ra...
- mpol 6y agoSo yes, ofcourse I ended up at youtube, if only for my own curiosity :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KXL1vjTX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KXL1vjTX4
- swimfar 6y ago10hp from a 50c two-stroke is easy. Road racers were getting 17+ with 70's technology. Those engines also had about a 100 rpm powerband, though. So you'd see 50cc bikes with as many as 14 gears.