I'm told that a the 2-stroke will run in reverse (can't be well though).
you're right it was momentum that kept things going. The momentum was that
of the mass of the car and, with the included roller clutch on the trans
input, all one had to do was let the engine idle until the car speed dropped
then open throttle and pick it back up.
-----Original Message-----
From Charles Sorkin <cdsorkin at ix.netcom.com>
To: Spridgets List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2000 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: fastest in reverse bug-i in Fresno
>Toby said:
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>>wasnt it the early 2 stroke v4 saabs that had no reverse. You had to stop
>>the engine, turn the key the other way, and it would start in reverse. How
>>cool is that.
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>I don't remember doing that when my father had such a car as his daily
>driver in the early 'seventies. His was the first model year that didn't
>require oil to be mixed in with the gasoline.
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>No LBC, but that car had an unusual sort of transmission that somehow
>managed to store momentum very efficiently so that the engine could run at
>lower RPMs under certain conditions, a sort of rudimentary overdrive
>concept. Does anyone know what that was called, and the basicis of how it
>worked?
>
>Regards,
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget
>'68 Sprite
>Bloomfield, NJ
>cdsorkin@cdsorkin.com
>"How about we duck inside for a Hen?"
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