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The two-stroke gasoline engine was once a marvel of engineering, offering up huge doses of power in small and lightweight packages. Unfortunately, gas two-strokes also burn oil by design, making ...

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Whilst a typical petrol or diesel engine produces power after every four-stroke cycle, the new Porsche engine has a unique set of vents and gears to let in fuel and air six times a cycle.

A four-stroke internal combustion engine operates on the Otto cycle, a design conceived by German-born Nicolaus August Otto as early as 1861 and eventually awarded patent number 365701.