<VV> Cubic Inches Displacement

[airvair at earthlink.net]

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
> >