Huh? Cubic inches, outside of nostalgic terms, is dead. -----Original Message----- From: Remek Kocz <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 16:04 To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:47663] Re: metric motors in the US
Yeah, and till this automotive magazines insist on cubic inches as the "real" size. Same goes for some hard-core American car aficionados. The liter is perceived as a consumer term, while the cubic inch is the "real" technical term. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:16 PM, john mercer <[email protected]> wrote: It's not just auto engines in the US that give the displacement in liters. The 3 main heavy duty diesel engines Caterpillar Cummins and detroit all give displacement in liters. This started in the late seventy's or early eighty's.
