2si was an American engine manufacturer located in
Beaufort, South Carolina
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. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of the AMW Cuyuna Engine Company, formerly known as the ''Cuyuna Development Company''.
[Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page G-2 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ][Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 69. BAI Communications. ][Cuyuna Development Company: ''Cuyuna Engines'', Cuyuna Development Company, undated]
The company acquired a line of two-stroke engines that were originally designed and produced by ''JLO'' of
Germany
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and marketed them under the ''Cuyuna'' brand name for
snowmobile
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Their engines normally ...
and later
ultralight aircraft
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use. Later Cuyuna formed a subsidiary ''Two Stroke International'', commonly known as ''2si'', to produce and market the engine line. Cuyuna ended selling engines for aircraft use, but instead switched to marketing them only for industrial, marine,
auto racing
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,
kart
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and
all-terrain vehicle
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applications.
The company seems to have gone out of business in 2014.
Engines
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215 - aircraft, multifuel, industrial engine
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230
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- aircraft, multifuel, industrial engine
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340 - aircraft engine
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430 - aircraft and snowmobile engine
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460 - aircraft, multifuel, marine, industrial and sport vehicle engine
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500 - sport vehicle engine
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540 - aircraft and sport vehicle engine
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690 - aircraft, marine, industrial engine
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808
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Music
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- aircraft engine
See also
References
External links
Company website archiveson
Archive.org
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Aircraft engine manufacturers of the United States