Experimental study of the two-stroke engine equipped with a side outlet in the exhaust system pipeline

This paper presents the results of an experimental study of a two-stroke, two-cylinder, V-engine with tuned exhaust systems. The study examined an experimental exhaust system consisting of two individual pipes with side outlets and additional expansion chambers, and a conventional two-stroke engine system with conical sections and an expansion chamber. A comparison of the experimental results showed that the maximum engine power differed by no more than 1.5 %. Moreover, the mass of the experimental exhaust system can be more than two times lower and not exceed the mass of the exhaust system of an in-line engine with a single pipe with an expansion chamber for two cylinders.
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