As it turns out, an
air-cooled engine in an airframe designed for it offers us several ways to manage the heat it produces.
TVS Star City+, the latest in the Star range is powered by the same 109.7cc single cylinder
air-cooled engine, which is re-tuned to offer a maximum power of 8.18 bhp at 7000 rpm and a peak torque of 8.1 Nm at 5000 rpm.
He drove the two-seat touring car with a 3-cylinder
air-cooled engine while taking orders for stationary gas engines.
' The Beetle was designed with an
air-cooled engine, which gave it a distinctive sound, and a six-volt battery.
The old school may not like it, but this is the way things will be in the future; the old
air-cooled engine can't compete as far as emissions are concerned and I have ridden tuned Harleys with less power.
The vehicle borrows its motor from the Platina 110 model which features a 115cc
air-cooled engine with DTS-i technology that registers 8.6bhp and 9.81Nm.
The scooter which was unveiled at the Delhi Auto Expo 2014 packs an 112.8cc single cylinder
air-cooled engine under the hood, which gives a power of 8.7 hp at 7,500 rpm and peak torque of 9.0 Nm at 5,500 rpm.
My dad would take dirty spark plugs from the Model Z engines and put them in the Delco engine for a few hours to clean them; apparently the result of a hotter running
air-cooled engine.
The last model, which they actually tried to sell in the UK, featured a 3.5-litre V8, four-overhead-camshaft,
air-cooled engine mounted above the rear wheels!
It was fair to note that since the B&SD operation was strictly a sales arrangement, Briggs & Stratton itself was still essentially an
air-cooled engine manufacturer.
