Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
TWOCYCLE COREY
IS MUCH FLATED
OVER SUCCESS
AMERICAN SIMPLEX WHINING
ON SIGHT
PUBLIC AWAKENED TO BEAUTY
OF THE PRINCIPLE
Popular Agent Declares Factory Ex'
perlments VIII Soon Make Four
Cycle a "Reminiscences of Use-
less Mechanism

There's nothing to 1t but a matter
Of education" said Richard Corey of
the Bekins- Corey Motor Car company
last night. when the principle of
the two-cycle engine is understood by
the prospective customer he is a sure
thing for us. The public is being ed
ucated hourly by the way our cars
perform on the road. The American
Simplex makes friends at sight among
men who know good machinery and
high class cars. The four-cyCle car
stands little show when the tWo-cycle
principle is known.
"They are coming to us by the score
these days." continued Mr.. Corey
smiling with satisfaction after scan
ming a list of prospects in his note
hook. 1.-TWO more Simplex cars went
out today, and every sale brings to us
a, dozen or more inquiries within
week. A demonstration makes
world of difference with skeptical per-
sons. We do not despair of convincing
those who give the car thorough
test"
the two cycle principle, Mr. corey
said: "It is extremely simple II one
has even a rudimentary knowledge or
mechanics. The general automobile
nublic demanded an engine that would
Five a more even pull than the or
dinary four-cylinder, four-cycle car,
In order to give this. or at least to
give a more constant pull, the manu-
facturers were forced to construct a
six-cylinder, four-cycle engine.
Two Cycle Superiority
"one may hear lots of tall talk
about the flexibility Of the siX-cylln-
der motor, but when 1t is considered
alongside of the American simplex,
four cylinder, two cycle motor, the
latter has a more flexibly controlled
motor and in the hands of the user 1t
is much easier to control. In rour-
cycle engine each cylinder gives one
explosion to every two revolutions
In the two cycle engine an explosion
is given on every revolution. Thus a
three cylinder, two cycle engine gives
as many explosions for the same num-
Der of revolutions as does a six-cyl-
inder engine of the four cycle type
There is where the American simplex
has them beaten, Beaten as to sim
plicity, weight and repair bill. Four
cycle power is intermittent and brok-
en- power. Two cycle power is con-
stant and steady, In the four cycle
car the fly wheel must spin around
once on its own momentum for every
time 1t is forced around by the engine.
This shows there must be lack of
constancy of pull. This is because at
new charge of gas, by reason of
the four cycles complicated valve sys-
tenn, cannot be introduced into the CYL
inder quickly enough after the eX-
plosion to be ready for firing the first
time the piston returns.
Wheels Like a Clock
'TWhen a salesman tells you that
the manufacturer of his four Cycle car
has overcome the disadvantages of in
constant power by adding to the num-
Der of cylinders you may rest as
sured he knows the two cycle prin-
ciple has him beaten. The increase
of two cylinders in the skies Of the
four cycle cars Is an increase OF
weight, complication of machinery, ad
dition of trouble and expense. Then
they have not the unbroken flow of
power that the American simplex en-
gine generates.
Now let anyone who is interested in
automobiles examine the engine of a
four cycle car. He will find a per-
feet maze OF valves, cams, lifts, roll
lers, springs and a lot of other things
with all their bearings, and fastenings
and gearings and oiling places and de-
vices. Each one of these parts no
matter how minute, must have a care
ful adjustment HdHu IL your Car lb 10
run with any precision, each must do
its work with greatest accuracy. Does
complicated and intricate machinery
always do this?
Marvellous FlexlbIllty
'Ts 1t not easy to see what a con-
stant source of care it must be to
keep all these unnecessary and COM
p!icated parts in smooth working or
der All of those parts are an en-
cumberance and robs one of much of
his pleasure of autoing. The two
plex, has none of these complexities.
plex has none of these complexities.
That is the story. Our engine is sim
plex, the four cycle engine is complex,
The two cycle engines impulses are
as continuous as constant and as
steady as a flow of electricity into
perfect motor, The result is the de-
lightfully steady pull so much sought.
A constant flow of power-unbroken
torque-means years added to the life
of the mechanism of the car,