The Mitsubishi 2G1 engine is a water-cooled iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

-block two-stroke twin-cylinder engine built by Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Motors

is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production...

 for the kei car

Kei car

Kei cars, K-cars, or , are a Japanese category of small vehicles, including passenger cars, vans, and pickup trucks. They are designed to comply with Japanese government tax and insurance regulations, and in most rural areas are exempted from the requirement to certify that adequate parking is...

class from 1968. They were first introduced in the first generation Minica

Mitsubishi Minica

-Minica Sedan:The first Minica was first introduced in October 1962 as a two-door sedan based on the Mitsubishi 360 light truck, sharing its front-mounted ME21 359 cc twin-cylinder air-cooled engine driving the rear wheels, transverse leaf springs in front and beam axle/leaf springs at the...

 to replace (and to complement) the otherwise similar but air-cooled

Air-cooled engine

Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the engine to cool them.-Introduction:Most modern internal combustion engines are cooled by a closed circuit carrying liquid coolant through channels in the engine block and cylinder head, where the coolant absorbs heat,...

 ME24

Mitsubishi ME21/24 engine

The ME21/24 engine was Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries' replacement for the 309 cc single-cylinder overhead valve ME20 engine...

 powerplant. The difference of nomenclature compared to the ME24 is due to Mitsubishi's 1967 change of engine naming practice, 2G1 meaning it was in the first family of two-cylinder gasoline-powered engines. The "0" in "2G10" means that it was the first displacement version produced, with numbers after a dash (e.g. 2G10-5) denoting the various subiterations.

Specifications

Engine type	Twin-cylinder Straight-two A straight-two engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine that has its cylinders arranged side by side....  two-stroke
Displacement	359 cc
Bore x stroke	62.0 x 59.6 mm
Fuel type	Self mix oil and gasoline
Peak power	23 PS at 5500 rpm 2G10, Minica LA23 SDX
	28 PS at 6000 rpm 2G10-1 first "Red"
	38 PS at 7000 rpm 2G10-2 "Gold"
	34 PS at ? rpm 2G10-4 second "Red"
	31 PS at ? rpm 2G10-5 third "Red"
Peak torque	33 newton metre at 5000 rpm 2G10, Minica LA23 SDX
	35 newton metre at 5000 rpm 2G10-1 first "Red"
	38.3 newton metre at 6500 rpm 2G10-2 "Gold"
	37 newton metre at ? rpm 2G10-5 third "Red"

Applications

• 1968-69 Mitsubishi Minica LA23
• 1969-76 Mitsubishi Minica A101/101V
• 1972-76 Mitsubishi Minicab W
  Mitsubishi Minicab
  The Mitsubishi Minicab is a kei truck and microvan built and sold in Japan by Mitsubishi Motors since 1966.-First generation:The Minicab cab-over pickup truck was launched in 1966 to replace the 360, which by this time had adopted the same model name as the Minica sedan...