Thread: Cubic Inches vs Liters

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Well my point is the fact that when some goof begins with "...a 4.1 liter Wazoo V-6..." you can convert to what it really is in normal American size. 61 cubic inches = 1 liter = 1,000 cubic centimeters. 4 x 61= 244 and the .1 = 6 cubic inches- total 250 CID. Quick, how big is 2.3 liters in cubic inches?

Using CID is more precise to tell that a 348 ain't a 351 even if both are 5.7 liter. When it gets to "is it a 5.70 or 5.77 liter?" it's getting freaky deaky. For exactness you'd have to be breaking crap down to cubic centimeters where displacement would look like 5,751 cc. Bullhockey!!!

A "348CID" engine puts ONE picture in our heads. A "5.7 liter" is ambigious and does not specify THE engine but rather a groups of engine sized generally the same yet they're way different.

The 7 liter business began in the 60s when Henry Ford was pissed after Enzo Ferrari decided not to sell out to Ford. Ford committed to building a racing program with the Ford GT-40s and Corbas vowing to beat Ferrari at their forte- prototype GT car racing. The rest is history and that's when the liter bullcrap began in automotive namaclature on Galaxies with 427s.

Just think the Beach Boys couldda been singing "she's real fine, my six point seven..."

Anybody, especially on these boards, that describes his "4.6 engine" ought to be strung up.