<VV> Cubic Inches Displacement

Jim Houston jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com
Mon Feb 15 18:37:58 EST 2010


Yeah, except my roommate had a 650 Triumph motorcycle... which put my 
850 Mini in perspective!! 

Jim

airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
> They sure sounded like big motors, didn't they? Think that's why they do
> that with today's cars?
>
> The Corvair doesn't sound so small, when you talk it's CID against today's
> CC. (G)
>
> -Mark
>
>   
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Jim Houston <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Cubic Inches Displacement
>>
>> Sometimes you have to deal with both -- all of the Minis I had were 
>> either 850cc, 998cc or 1275cc...  I never even  bothered to convert to 
>> ci.. just went with what the Brits used...
>>
>> Jim Houston
>>
>> airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
>>     
>>> I think the original thread was trying a take-off on the song "She's so
>>> fine, my 409". However, along the way they lost the idea that the 409 in
>>> question was in cubic inches. But then also, the young car enthusiasts
>>> today have grown up thinking of car displacement in litres. It's us old
>>> fogies who still think in terms of cubes.
>>>
>>> To me, the Corvair is STILL a 164, not a 2.7. It sounds so much more
>>> inpressive, anyway. It takes these young bucks a while to factor out the
>>> conversion, before they figure out just how small an engine the Corvair
>>> really is. LOL
>>>
>>> -Mark
>>>
>>>       
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