Four stroke fuel

August 27, 2017

Four-stroke fuel Bicycle

I have to both agree and disagree with your statements in the question and the article.

The higher fuel consumption of a two stroke engine is mostly due to the fact that it has a power stroke per revolution of the crankshaft.

I however have to disagree with the article stating that the fuel delivery plays a major role in fuel efficiency of older 2-Stroke engines.

I support my statements by taking the example of fuel efficiency difference between a carbureted 2 stroke & a carb 4 stroke engine. Not even considering EFI when both are carbs the 4 stroke still out performs the 2 stroke by significant amount.

  • A Yamaha 125cc 2stroke engine gives around 70mpg
  • A honda 125cc 4stroke engine gives around 153mpg


The E-TEC technology shown in the video is mearly a GDI on a two stroke engine, it will increase the efficiency but will it be equal to a GDI 4 stroke engine of the same capacity? I highly doubt it, for example

  • The EFI version of the above 125 cc honda engine gives around 166mpg

Meaning if the 2 stroke suzuki engine with GDI can produce more than double the F.E then I agree with the concept but with my knowledge of how GDI works I am not certain of it.

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