i hear about cubic inch and want to know what i have?

thanks

 

The 4.6 has 281 cubic inches.

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97 F-150 S/C 4x4 ORP XLT 4.6 K&N , Flowmaster w/dual tailpipes, Bosch+4 plugs,MSD 8.5 wires,Superchip.Patriot fiberglass toneau cover, Westin chrome step bars.
Kenwood 4011 stereo, Rockford 150a1 amp, Profile electronic crossover, and 2 10" JBL's.

 

A very basic question:
How is CID measured?

[This message has been edited by Jimb (edited 01-20-2000).]

 

Uh oh! And he's and newby too. He is going to get a spanking from ATST for this one.

[This message has been edited by cphilip (edited 01-19-2000).]

 

Jimb:
The displacement is the volume "swept" or displaced by the pistons. You could theoretically measure it by moving a piston to very bottom of its travel, fill the cylinder with a liquid (though the spark plug hole), move the piston to the top of it's travel and measure the volume of liquid displaced by the piston's movement (the amount spit out the spark plug hole). Multiply this number by the number of cylinders and you have the displacement of the engine. It can be calculated if you know the bore (diameter of the cylinder) and stroke (the vertical distance the piston moves) of the engine.

Engine displacement used to be measured in cubic inches (ci), but these days it's measured in liters (L).

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Danny
'98 F-150 Std., RC, SB, 4x2, 4.2L, 5-sp, 3.08, AC, speed control, rear slider.
Mods: Mobil 1 engine oil, Red Line MTL trans fluid, Edelbrock IAS shocks,
50 Series Flowmaster, K&N with airbox mod, electric radiator fan, Superchip

 

These dissertations on displacement are very enlightening.

Raoul

2.3 Liter Bladder (mods to come)

 

Stop, you're killing me, Raoul. ROFLMAO!

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The volume of the combustion chambers.

An engine is basically an air pump. Displacement referrs to how much air can be moved though the engine in one revolution.

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Are you even sure he was talking about engines?

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Good point.

No, but I was afraid to ask if he was married. lol