by Frank Klenk » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:15 pm
Basically schneurle porting encourages flow in a loop, it is termed "loop scavenging" but that name was dropped.
Apart from large diesels with separate superchargers, two-stroke engines are generally piston-ported and use their crankcase beneath the piston for compression. The cylinder has a transfer port (inlet from crankcase to combustion chamber) and an exhaust port cut into it. These are opened together, as the piston moves downwards past them.
The simplest arrangement is a single transfer and single exhaust port, opposite each other. This "cross scavenging" performs poorly, as there is tendency for the flow to pass from the inlet directly to the exhaust, wasting some of the fuel mixture and also poorly scavenging the upper part of the chamber. Before Schnuerle porting, a deflector on top of the piston was used to direct the gas flow from the transfer port upwards, in a U-shapped loop around the combustion chamber roof and then down and out through the exhaust port. Apart from the gas flow never quite following this ideal path and tending to mix instead, this also gave a poorly shaped combustion chamber with long, thin flame paths.
In 1926, the German engineer Adolf Schnürle developed the system of ports that bears his name. The ports were relocated to both be on the same side of the cylinder, with the transfer port being split into two angled ports, one on either side of the exhaust port. A deflector piston was no longer required. The gas flow was now a circular loop, flowing in and across the piston crown from the transfer ports, up and around the combustion chamber and then out through the exhaust port.[1]
With Schnuerle porting, the piston crown may be of any shape, even bowl shaped. This permits a far better combustion chamber shape and flame path, giving better combustion, particularly at high speeds.
Your compression screw will not hang in the cylinder. Rather the screw will push a contra piston into the cylinder. It is a tight fitting disc at the top of the cylinder that can be moved up or down with the screw. This changes the compression as needed.
Muffler presure is achieved by installing a small fitting in the muffler. Connect a hose to it and run this to your fuel tank and it will pressurize the tank slightly. It works very well.
Frank