I have a 149 cc engine on my lawnmower and it has ( 1 ) piston
There is only one intake stroke in a four-stroke engine. The other three strokes are compression, power, and exhaust. The intake stroke is a down stroke of the piston in which fuel is drawn into the cylinder while the fuel intake valve is open. The next stroke is the compression stroke in which the valves are closed and the fuel is compressed for combustion. The following stroke is the power stroke - a downward stroke of the piston after fuel combustion that drives the crankshaft. The final stroke is the exhaust stroke, an upward stroke of the piston as the exhaust valve opens to relieve the exhaust fuel fumes.
A two stroke engine fires (an explosion in the motor) twice as often as a four stroke. A stroke is every time the piston in the engine changes direction. (From up to down) A two stroke engine fires every time the piston comes to the top where a four stroke will fire every other time. So if two single cylinder engines are running at 1,000 RPMs a two stroke will fire 1,000 times a four stroke will fire only 500 times. With twice as many explosions it will be hotter.
Each piston has one TDC position, when it is at its maximum height. During the four stroke cycle, each cylinder has two TDC events. Those are compression and exhaust.
In a two-stroke engine, there is typically one piston that completes a power cycle with every revolution of the crankshaft. In contrast, a four-stroke engine uses one piston to complete a power cycle over two revolutions of the crankshaft, meaning there is one piston per cylinder, but it takes two revolutions to produce one power stroke. Thus, both types of engines can have multiple pistons depending on the number of cylinders, but the operation per cycle differs significantly.
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In a typical four-stroke engine, the camshaft completes two revolutions for every one stroke cycle of the piston. This is because the four-stroke cycle consists of intake, compression, power, and exhaust strokes, which require the camshaft to operate the intake and exhaust valves twice during each cycle. Thus, for every complete cycle of the engine, the camshaft turns two full revolutions.
In a typical four-stroke engine, a piston moves up and down twice in one full cycle. Therefore, in an engine running at 3000 RPM, each piston would move up and down 3000 times per minute, or 50 times per second.
180 degrees per stroke.
90 degrees would be a half stroke.
In a 2-stroke engine, one power stroke occurs for every revolution of the crankshaft. This is because the engine completes a power cycle (intake, compression, power, and exhaust) in just two strokes of the piston or one full revolution, unlike a 4-stroke engine, which requires two revolutions for one power stroke.
A two stroke engine has half the strokes of an otto (or four stroke) engine, therefore it takes two crankshaft roatations to complete a cycle on a four stroke engine and only one revolution in a two stroke engine. There are several types of two stroke engines, the different types have to do with how the receive the air/fuel mixture, also you have two stroke diesel engines.
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