one of my friends was a rally driver in sweden, he was driving an old saab 3cyl 2stroke. In order to get the best power the timing had to be set as close to 0 as possible.
started the car flag went down and he went flying backwards.
I guess he was past 0 on the timing and the engine was running backwards. he said it was very embarrassing, (and he lost)
Talking about that. You know that the major auto manufacturers are/were setting up to start production of the 3 cylinder opposed piston two cycle engines? Actually..it would be three cylinder 6 piston opposed piston engine.
Test had shown that a F 150 would get in excess of 36 MPG.
The lower ports would be the intake and the upper the exhaust.
No valve train or 150 less moving parts.
I suppose they scrapped that now though since EVs are the savior of the world now...puke.