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For small to mid-sized engines, 4-strokes are more efficient. Small 2-strokes use the same flow of fuel mixed air that they'll later will compress and burn to push the combustion gasses out of the combustion chamber, which means that some fuel gets flushed straight through the engine w/o getting used.

Bigger 2-strokes can be either turbo- or supercharged, and then fuel injected. This allows them to use clean air to flush the combustion chamber, and then add the fuel when the chamber is closed. That way, fuel doesn't get flushed through unburnt.

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