Talk:Engine displacement

Probably better to discuss the linking to this page here than on the 1 E-3 m³ page, to keep it where it's relevant. Which part of Wikipedia:Naming conventions or Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) do you feel applies on that page? I think the third paragraph in the latter page says the 'e' shouldn't be capitalized when it's used in a phrase, as in automobile engine displacement. You wouldn't write "automobile Engine displacement" normally, after all. -- JohnOwens 02:44 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

Haven't you noticed that all pages in Wikipedia have the first letter capitalized? iMac leads you to a page titled "IPac." The first letter of the title doesn't matter so IMac and iMac go to the same place. The convention say to lowercase "second and sebsequent words". --dan

That's the difference between what the link says and what it actually takes you to. See Wikipedia:How to edit a page, section 3, for a bit about how that works. And, it definitely reads better without the capital letter in there. "all pages" != "all links" -- JohnOwens 02:57 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

Removed incorrect statement

that 'octane ratings are higher' in the modern day. They are not. Octane ratings available slowly climbed during the 50s and early 60s, and many cars from the mid 1960s through the early 1970s were designed to run on 100 octane leaded gas, which is unavailable these days except as aviation fuel. If it says "Premium fuel" on a car of that era, 100 octane is what it means, not the 92-95 available today.

However, modern engine designs (both in physical design and electronic engine control) permit higher compression ratios to be used with ordinary gasoline than was available then.

Inspections

The Japanese is similar to the European, except that automobiles are inspected after three years very harshly.

This sounds weird. Car inspections are usually for car safety, not for power measurements such as displacement, which depend solely on the engine model. There is no reason to inspect a car after 3 years for displacement issues.

I suggest to remove this remark unless there's a good explanation for it. David.Monniaux 08:33, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

history is a bit messed up

I'm not comfortable editing the page, but American cars had small engines prior to the 70's. For example the Ford Falcon had a 144 cubic inch-2.4ish liter inline 6 engine when it came out in 1960. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_%28North_American%29 --72.85.40.222 11:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC) Sorry! Wrong on this one! 409, 390, 427, 428, 426 Hemi, 440 Magnum all are before this date. Many were first produced as early as 1964. 1958 Had the 300 HP , 352 Police Interceptor; with a 2.72:1 rear end ratio it was about a 145 MPH Car![reply]

Chevy Engine Displacement

The article says that Chevy engines got to be as large as 632CI. I have never heard of a production Chevy gas V8 that was larger than the 454, besides the Vortec 8100 496. This should be changed to say either 454 or 496. The 632 is not even a GMPP crate engine; it has nothing to do with GM's engine offerings for any year.

I agree, i was under the impression the 454 big block was only ever stroked and bored to become larger, but was always the same actual prodcution 454 block...

429 inconsistency

"7 litres equates to approximately 429 cubic inches...", no, 7 litres ~ 427.166209 cubic inches. maybe 429 comes from somewhere else, or 7 litres is inaccurate?