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Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by mpol on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:05PM (#26447907)
In the times of 50cc road races you could get 10hp out of it, at maybe 17.000 rpm :) No idea how fast these cars would go with such an engine, they are not made to go 150km/h :) The way you tune a 2-stroke is by polishing the ports of the cylinder to have an almost perfect airflow. In the Netherlands this happened a lot in the sixties and seventies to ride at illegal speeds with your moped, it was considered a craft. In the eighties people just bought a replacement cylinder to go at illegal speeds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_cc_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_ra...

Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by swimfar on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:48PM (#26448856)
10hp from a 50c two-stroke is easy. Road racers were getting 17+ with 70's technology. Those engines also had about a 100 rpm powerband, though. So you'd see 50cc bikes with as many as 14 gears.
Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by mpol on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:20PM (#26448022)
So yes, ofcourse I ended up at youtube, if only for my own curiosity :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KXL1vjTX4