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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:


had twin E-tecs. I guess that $5 / gallon gas gives an incentive to
conserve.



Bummer. I would think that if you ran the 2-stoke
hotter, and leaner, and with the right timing advance,
that you have a more complete burn with emissions
not far behind a 4-stroke, and not have the 4-stroke
crankcase oil to dispose of which may not always
hand up in the right recycle place, and hand up finding
itself in the ground, sewers, water, etc. But who knows.\




The EU is putting into effect stricter emission laws starting in a year or
two, depending on the type of motor.

At the moment, I understand that the direct injected 2-stroke Evinrude E-TEC
is the only engine that meets those rigid emission levels today. 4-stroke
outboards may need catalytic converters to meet the Carbon Monoxide levels
for those stricter requirements in Europe.

Even the old 2001 and later FICHT engines had fewer total emissions than the
4 strokes. That is all public record on the EPA website.

Don't get "hung up" that all 2-strokes pollute. All manufacturer"s direct
injected 2-strokes are "cleaner" than the EPA 2006 limits, most meet
California 2-STAR limits, and all the Evinrude E-TECs and a couple of
smaller Merc Optimaxes test better than the stringent 3-STAR emission levels
that many EFI 4-strokes don't meet.

Bill Grannis
service manager