a 2 stroke saab motor runs just as well backwards as it does forwards! the
phoneix saab sports racer runs a backwards rotation engine with just as good
results as my conventional rotation brand -x sports racer does. a 2 stroke
with port timing is not very sensitive to directional rotation. it just
depends how the starter spins it and time it acordingly.
chuck.
beware of people in funny looking cars ! lol...... :)
----- Original Message -----
From Edrick Adams <je.adams at worldnet.att.net>
To: Spridgets List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: fastest in reverse bug-i in Fresno
> 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@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:
> >
> >>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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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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