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Engine displacement is the measure of the cylinder volume swept by all of the pistons of a piston engine, excluding the combustion chambers. [1] It is commonly used as an expression of an engine's size, and by extension as an indicator of the power (through mean effective pressure and rotational speed ) an engine might be capable of producing ...
In a piston engine, the bore (or cylinder bore) is the diameter of each cylinder. Engine displacement is calculated based on bore, stroke length and the number of cylinders: [ 1 ] displacement = π ( 1 / 2 × bore ) 2 × stroke × n cylinders
The cubic inch (symbol in 3) is a unit of volume in the Imperial units and United States customary units systems. It is the volume of a cube with each of its three dimensions (length, width, and height) being one inch long which is equivalent to 1/231 of a US gallon.
Note that for the automotive/hotrod use-case the most convenient (used by enthusiasts) unit of length for the piston-rod-crank geometry is the inch, with typical dimensions being 6" (inch) rod length and 2" (inch) crank radius. This article uses units of inch (") for position, velocity and acceleration, as shown in the graphs above.
The first number refers to the number of cylinders in the engine, followed by a hyphen or "V", indicating inline or vee cylinder block arrangements, respectively, then 53 for the Series designation, referring the nominal swept displacement per cylinder in cubic inches, rounding from 53.07 cu in (0.9 L) per cylinder.
The 318-cubic-inch (5.2 L) 318 was released in 1950, replacing the 308. It shared the same 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (110 mm) stroke as its predecessors but with a slightly larger 3 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches (98 mm) bore. It produced a maximum 136 hp @ 3400 rpm and 245 lb•ft @ 1400 rpm. [2] The 308 was discontinued in 1954 and replaced by the 324 cubic inch ...
The inline six-cylinder 71 series engine was introduced as the initial flagship product of the Detroit Diesel Engine Division of General Motors in 1938.. This engine was in high demand during WWII, necessitating a dramatic increase in output: about 57,000 6-71s were used on American landing craft, including 19,000 on LCVPs, about 8,000 on LCM Mk 3, and about 9,000 in quads on LCIs; and 39,000 ...
where d is engine displacement, b is the bore of the cylinders, s is length of the stroke and n is the number of cylinders. Conversions. 1 millilitre = 1 cm 3; 1 litre = 1000 cm 3; 1 cubic inch = 16.38706 cm 3.