On Mar 12, 9:24*am, wrote:
On Mar 11, Capt John wrote:

I imagine it wouldn't be
very easy to cram a turbo, a blower, and the plumbing for the air
under a small outboard cover

Why would you need both???

if it were a two stroke, you
probably wouldn't be able to sell them a few years from now.

Unless Etech has actually found a way to do what they claim to be
doing (lower emissions than current four strokes). Might work for two
stroke diesels as well.

On Wed,, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I have a 3 liter ETEC 200 hp HO (90 degree block) that accomplishes
about the same fuel efficiency.

And you're happy with it so far I take it?
I talked with a dealer the other day and he says they haven't replaced
a power head yet (but I wouldn't expect him to tell me even if he
has).
Etechs haven't caught on around here yet but given the pro-OMC crowd
of the past in my area, I don't know why it shouldn't. *We shall see.

Rick

The artical indicated the engine was turbo charged. If the engine were
2 stroke, it has to have some kind of air pump to scavange exhaust,
basically pushes whatever gasses don't escape on their own out of the
cylinders. All two stroke engines employ some kind of air pump in
their design. In the case of outboard 2 strokes and small displacement
2 strokes the air pump is the backward stroke of the piston, along
with ports in the cylinder walls and reed valves that keep the
pressurized air from escaping out the carb (remove the reed valves and
see what happens). This kind of design does require an open crankcase,
roller bearings, and oil in the fuel which lubricates the bearings and
cylinder walls. In the case of diesels, because of the pressures
involved during compression, open roller bearings won't work, they
need traditional bearings with a fair amount of oil pressure. As such,
it needs a seperate air pump. The blower you see on Detroit Diesels
are for scavaging purposes only, the turbo's are supplying the real
boost. At higher RPM's the turbo's are probably supplying enough boost
to scavange the cylinders, as well as increase the amount of air
forced into the cylinders. But at low RPM's, without the blower, you'd
probably be lucky if you could get it to idle well, if at all.