A TWO CYCLE Evenrude race V8

[Steve Zicht]

Im sure a few of you have heard about this unique engine before. Check out the video if you havent yet.

My question is............ Years ago I distinctly remember seeing an article in one of the car magazines over 25 years past about an outfit in the southern California area that converted a small block Chevrolet into a 2 cycle engine. I dont recall if it was a one of a kind experiment or it was to be offered as a kit or specialty conversion. Then a few years back I saw an article in another magazine about a big block Chevy being converted into a 2 cycle engine. I think it was the same shop who were known for off the wall and very wild experimental engines.

Anybody here recall the name of the company or shop from the 60s and 70s magazine stories and if they still exist today ? I think the story was in Hot Rod or Popular Hot Rodding magazine. Any of you old salts recall the Los Angeles area shops name ?

PS Sorry about the political ad !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoiWpJLokEc

[miniv8]

Love everything two stroke.

The sbc and bbc two stroke conversions still must have been valve operated right?
I have seen somewhere on the net, a picture of a odd looking double lobe cam journal, perhaps for an application as this.
To turn 5000 rpm's you'd need springs for 10k, atleast.. I still would like more info.

[Nikolas Ojala]

Would it work best if it was a short stroke engine?

(and Diesel or GDCI)

[stevy]

The tuned exhaust pipes don't look to be built right.

[pdq67]

I have done a bit of thinking about gasoline direct injecting a Gimmie diesel, (no sparkplug), timed in such a way that it wouldn't knock itself to destruction.

This as well as a regular gasoline engine with no intake valves, only exhaust valves because it would be blown and injected through a 3-way sparkplug. High pressure air timed/blown in around the outside "pipe" of the plug, then fuel injected inside the next "pipe" and then a centrally locate conventional sparkplug electrode.

There would be no pumping losses due to being completely blown/supercharged. And the amount of boost could be tailored to fit needed power production or over-ridden for max power...

pdq67

[Steve Zicht]

I have done a bit of thinking about gasoline direct injecting a Gimmie diesel, (no sparkplug), timed in such a way that it wouldn't knock itself to destruction.

This as well as a regular gasoline engine with no intake valves, only exhaust valves because it would be blown and injected through a 3-way sparkplug. High pressure air timed/blown in around the outside "pipe" of the plug, then fuel injected inside the next "pipe" and then a centrally locate conventional sparkplug electrode.

There would be no pumping losses due to being completely blown/supercharged. And the amount of boost could be tailored to fit needed power production or over-ridden for max power...

pdq67

Thats what R&D is all about. Might work.