OK, back to trivia questions. Here's one

What was the first year that american automakers started measuring engines by litres rather that cubic inches?

Vicky

Id say back when jeep came out to the public. But i figure i would be wrong.

Originally posted by Zrush

OK, back to trivia questions. Here's one

What was the first year that american automakers started measuring engines by litres rather that cubic inches?

Vicky

Good question. Since when did car guys stop measuring engines by cubic inches?

That would be when GM started imorting and selling other cars under their umbrella of marques. Probably about the time of the Opel GT?

Car guys still use in3, but we have been quoting liters and ccs since the Z first hi the shore!

Will

They were using ccs in 1948 when the Tc model MG was running around.

When it actualy started i have no clue:stupid:

Originally posted by lordbiotree

Good question. Since when did car guys stop measuring engines by cubic inches?

Not so much car guys, but automakers. I owned a 78 Trans Am and on the hood-scoop it said 6.6 litres. I've seen early 70's models T/A's with 400 c.i. on the scoop. Early Boss 302's are now 5.0's. I'm kind of thinking it was when the US tried using the metric system in the 70's, no?

Vicky

Im stumped.:stupid:

When they realised metric units were superior forms of measurement.

Ahhh the French

Originally posted by Zrush

I'm kind of thinking it was when the US tried using the metric system in the 70's, no?

Vicky

I remember back in grade school (and that was late 60's into early 70's), with the "new math" and introduction of the metric system, we were all told that the US would be completely metric within 10 years. RIGHT! When I did my engineering degrees in the 80's, we ended up learning both metric and US units. Learned to hate doing engineering calculations in US units. The metric system is SO much easier.

I wonder why we dont switch to metric to.:stupid:

Oh yeah nothings ever easy to work on as long as its made here .

Agreed having done Physics at Uni I found metric units so much nicer and simpler to use.

Main reason why I've never liked US measurements.

For those of us that haven't reached higher levels of math yet, the US system is just fine.

They did teach it to us in Biology Class back in high school.