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Originally Posted by john.wigley
I'm impressed that a young whipper-snapper such as your-self can actually remember the Wartburg, Alan! 
I bought one of the last to be imported (a '75 (P)) when it was a few months old. I quickly discovered why the previous owner had sold it, but kept it for a couple of years even so! I must have been a glutton for punishment then, as I had previously owned a Moskvich Estate. They might have been almost new cars, but, my goodness, there was a reason that they were cheap!
The Wartburg ran on a fuel / oil ratio of 50:1 but still smoked like a chimney. It went like whotsit off a shovel for it's size, but setting the three (!) sets of points was best described as 'interesting'.
In contrast, my Raleigh 'peds ran on 16:1 premix and emitted a smoke-screen that would have been the envy of James Bond! One really could get high on the smell of a 2T at full chat - it was that addictive!
Regards, John. |
I also remember the Wartburg and Moskvich John, there was also a race car made using the 3-pot Wartburg engine known as the Melkus, apparently the engine was tuned to about 150bhp but i can't remember where i read that so can't provide a link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkus
I recently found a Volvo Amazon that had been fitted with a 2-stroke Evinrude V8 marine engine on YouTube called "Rudezon" so it seems 2-strokes are still in use in cars, even if only occasionally!