Engine Displacement

[aerog]

I just heard the darndest conversation on the local ham radio repeater. One guy was explaining - very seriously and with great detail what the terms "2 liter" and "3 liter" engines meant. He explained that if you take the bare-bones engine block and drop it in a tub of water the "2l/3l" is how much water rises in the tub (how much water the block displaces).

I thought it was a joke, but after the other fellow asked him some questions about it he went on for several minutes explaining the procedure to calculate what the numbers are.

Sigh.

 

[Dave Richards]

Yet another "expert" gets some air time!

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

:laugh:

Stuart.

 

[TR6oldtimer]

I would have enjoyed hearing his description of brake horse power.

 

[DrEntropy]

He must be a shipwright.

 

[aerog]

He must be a shipwright.

I'm hoping he's a comedian.

 

[Roger]

Th Houston Chronicle prints advice by an "expert" in the Cars and Trucks section. Occasionally it is flat wrong, but they don't even acknowledge their error

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

He must be a shipwright.

I'm hoping he's a comedian.

From what I can see,you're right on the money!

Of course,I'm just too polite to say what I really think.

Last time I tried floating an engine,it's displacement took it all the way to the bottom.

Stuart.

 

[Tinster]

He must be a shipwright.

Give me a 2'X2'X2' tupperware container and I'll betcha
I can float a Triumph engine with it.

 

[bugimike]

He must be a shipwright.

I'm hoping he's a comedian.

From what I can see,you're right on the money!

Of course,I'm just too polite to say what I really think.

Last time I tried floating an engine,it's displacement took it all the way to the bottom.

Stuart.

Ah! But how much water overflowed out of the tub?? Forgot to check that didn't you??

 

[anthony7777]

tinster, that guys is right! he is also a shipwright, everyone knows you need about 60 feet of chain and at least a 2-3 ltr. engine block to make a good boat mooring.

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

He must be a shipwright.

I'm hoping he's a comedian.

From what I can see,you're right on the money!

Of course,I'm just too polite to say what I really think.

Last time I tried floating an engine,it's displacement took it all the way to the bottom.

Stuart.

Ah! But how much water overflowed out of the tub?? Forgot to check that didn't you??

I sure did!! I must have been thinking about cows v burros at the time.

Stuart.

 

[bugimike]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[MGA Steve]

Maybe Scott missed part of the conversion--the part where the displacement of the water was measured when the cylinders were full of air, then measured again with the cylinders full of water?

 

[Deleted member 3577]

I would have enjoyed hearing his description of brake horse power.

:lol:

Well....Ya keep adding horses until you can no longer drag em down the road....

Then ya count em.

That's how many horse power ya got.