CRS, as always you speak wisdom.
The 2 cycles must be good, as they were the engine of choice for the Lada, and various other unAmerican cars.
An interesting article....which supports 2 strokes is :
http://social.rides.com/blog/44/2-stroke-cars-the-past-present-and-the-future
Re: motorsports, I kinda' like them all.....re: of engine type.
My son, when his age was in single digits, once remarked to me that when the two strokes lifted to go around corners, it sounded like a bunch of ducks quacking. (I never quite got that, but it was funny coming from a 9 yr. old.)
I have never figured out why anyone in racing would criticize a person and piece of equipment because it differed from their own preference.
My interests, in this forum, and in kart racing are in the 4 cycles. As an engine builder, I work to build an engine, or engine set, which will give a well prepared karter a good chance to win a race.......regardless of anyone else's preference.
When I worked for a shop in Chicago, which ran an Indy car, and later became a Trans Am factory team, this same type argument....almost word for word, was used in truly bitter exchanges, between guys who ran and preferred "sporty car" racing and those who were "oval track" racers. You could substitute the words "2 stroke racers" for "oval track racers" in this type thread.
In fact, the oval track racers called the sporty car racers "fruit cup" racers. That was because the trophy for most twisty track winners was some form or another of a cup. Thus, the "fruit cup" blast. There were also overtones, in that designation, to the possible sexual preferences
of the "fruit cup" racers.
I always regard that stuff as pure foolishness, as I regard an argument over the merits of differing engine types as irrelevant and without value.
In karting the engine rules are tailored to give the 3 types of internal combustion engines a reasonable shot at winning races. If all have a reasonable choice, then an individual's choice cannot be rationally subject to
outside criticism. Issues of budget, costs and goals are the sole and private business of the racer.
Issues of product, production, user cost, and suitability are the sole concerns of the producer.
None of these issues can reasonably be decided by pontificating on this or any other forum....or on the shop floor, for that matter. In fact, that argument is akin to the argument of what tastes better, apples or oranges.
