Two-stroke TUNERT HanPBOOK CORO FUNDAMENTALS Airey CLO BSLV | bes dm iN 1D) 3545] 1.) Bhs) EXPANSION CHAMBERS CYLINDER SCAVENGING PORT TIMING CRANKCASE PUMPING CARSURETION, IGNITIO: i i |Two-stroke TUNER’S HANDBOOK by Gordon Jennings lustrations by the author ty meena Copyright 81973 by Gordon JenningsFOREWORD ten years ago th two-stroke engine was widely and q thought to be a understandably having substantial theoreti stroke for each 360 degree: dual power the output end of the e some of the theoret promise, as it delivered a power Ikshafe rotation but the hard reality was that sunt to mich when totalled at i to persist i rts to wring competitive m the racing two-stroke engine. To say that they were ultimately ssful would be gross understatement. "Those engineers were motivated by the need to demonstrate that the two-stroke ddo wonders for hundreds of dol ngg may be altered simply by reshaping the holes in its ower output markedly resonant effects in its intake and exhaust tracts, ications are costly, hhand, while the two-stroke engine does not commonly require large dollar inputs to raise its power output, it does require an in-depth under- ‘on the part of the man doing the is. In an attempt to acquire that understanding I began a study of the hig itput tworstroke we that has led to the collection of a minor order costs 3 less satisfactory € such as the general behavior of ex flatter myself to think tha book for the guidance of # at least take care of # 3t supply all of the prevent the ‘My special thanks to Mr. Joh ineering, who has done much to dilute my once pure i uld not be held accountable for the residue found herein). Also to the late Henry Koepke, who mistakenly assumed that I knew somethi stroke engines and supported my early why started needled, pleaded, com publishable form, Thammered my file of notes into