Get the beer and popcorn. Evinrude does it again

[STUIE63]

Finga the joystick mentioned is for the 557 outboard they don't have normal binnacle controls

[finga]

If 2 stroke motors were that good, car manufactures would have put them in cars years ago

They did use 2 strokes years ago in cars and it loks as though there is a more then likely chance you'll see them again through this mob http://www.ecomotors.com/.
Even trucks had 2 stroke diesels and infact Detroit diesels are mainly 2 stroke. I just loved the sound of the Detroit diesels in the trawlers as they were going over the bar at Evans

Finga the joystick mentioned is for the 557 outboard they don't have normal binnacle controls

Yeah and a lot of the operators/instigators/board members/advertising company workers have their hands on their own personal joystick with some of the stuff they're doing/thinking up in these outboard versus outboard ads.

[Camhawk88]

If 2 stroke motors were that good, car manufactures would have put them in cars years ago

I remember when I was a kid one of our neighbours at Horrocks Beach had a little Suzuki 4WD with a 2 banger. Noisey little bastard but it was deadly over sand dunes etc. Just couldnt handle a load but.

[juggernaut]

If 2 stroke motors were that good, car manufactures would have put them in cars years ago

Mazda basically did in the form of a rotary.

In fact it was so good the engine capacity of the rotary was doubled when compared against conventional 4 strokes.

[RayLamp]

I am always open to learning new things. I've never heard of 557 before. Not a fan of the 40's bathtub blue paint... know nothing else about them.

And slightly getting back to the original post - maybe it's my warped sense of humour, but I laughed when I learned that the evinrude portable outboards are 4 stroke! Evinrude doing 4 stroke? What's this world coming to!!!

[gazza2006au]

I am always open to learning new things. I've never heard of 557 before. Not a fan of the 40's bathtub blue paint... know nothing else about them.

And slightly getting back to the original post - maybe it's my warped sense of humour, but I laughed when I learned that the evinrude portable outboards are 4 stroke! Evinrude doing 4 stroke? What's this world coming to!!!

evinrude were building 4 strokes a long time ago before they started the E-tec's

[Spaniard_King]

evinrude were building 4 strokes a long time ago before they started the E-tec's

and I thought they were just suzukis painted a diff colour

[Gon Fishun]

It took a lot of searching but I found its name. DKW. it was a small tranversed engine with front wheel drive, 2 stroke engine and the gear stick was in the dash. Can't remember how the fuel oil was mixed but we drove it for months before the constant velocity joints failed.

When I was working at North Pine Motors I do recall working on a very small van that had a 2 cyl 2 stroke motor in them. Probably linked to Suzuki as they were the dealers.

[thelump]

The Bongo van???

[Gon Fishun]

The Bongo van???

You might be on the money there Macca. Sounds familiar.

[Gon Fishun]

The Bongo van???

Did a google Macca. Bit more info.
Suzuki Carry van 1977 2 stroke 3 cylinder mid mount motor.
The Bongo was Mazda with 4cyl OHV 4 stroke.