High Performance Two-Stroke Engines, Paperback

High Performance Two-Stroke Engines analyses the technology of spark ignition two-stroke engines. The presentation is simple and comprehensive. The description of the operating cycle, the fluid dynamics, the lubrication and the cooling systems is followed by painstaking analysis of the mechanical organs, with the materials and the manufacturing processes employed to produce them. The book is completed by an overview of the history and evolution of these engines and by an examination of the principal types and the diverse fields in which they are employed. A section of the work is dedicated to an in-depth analysis of the ignition and combustion phases and the formation of the air-fuel mixture, with particular attention paid to the most recent injection systems.

About author(s):

After having worked at length in industry, Massimo Clarke has devoted himself to journalism, specialising in the technology and history of cars and motorcycles. In the 1990s, he directed the automotive magazines Autotecnica and Mototecnica. He currently writes for the weekly Motosprint, one of the most important Italian motorcycling magazines, and for some important motorcycling websites. He teaches at various levels and has written a number of books on automotive subjects, including High performance two-stroke engines (2018), Giorgio Nada Editore.