Cubic inch

A cube with edge length of one inch has the volume of a cubic inch (English cubic inch ).

General Information

Non- Metric cubic inches

Rhenish cubic inches

Parisian cubic inches

Parisian cubic inches was a common reference measurement.

English customs

The English inch (inch ) is exactly 2.54 inches long, therefore a cubic inch ³ has a volume of exactly 16.387064 cm. The U.S. gallon has a volume of exactly 231 cubic inches, the Imperial Gallon is no longer derived from the cubic inches since its reform in 1824. ( Until about the early 1950s have the English and the American inch slightly differentiated from each other. )

The unit was widespread throughout the English-speaking world. Since then, most states have adopted the metric system after the SI standard, the U.S. is the main distribution area in the metric size information continue to be the exception.

Symbols / Abbreviations

There is no single symbol, the following abbreviations are used commonly:

• Cubic inches, cubic inch, cubic in
• Cu inches cu inch cu in
• Inches/-3, inch/-3, in/-3
• ^ 3 inches, inches ^ 3, ^ 3
• ³ inches, inch ³ in ³
• Cui
• C. I.
• CID stands for " Cubic Inch Displacement " ( cubic inch displacement) as an important technical date for internal combustion engines

Conversion

1 cubic inch is equal to:

Examples of engine displacement specifications of internal combustion engines

These values ​​represent a typical American motor sizes (conversion rounded):

• 200 CID ≈ 3.3 l displacement
• 283 CID ≈ 4.6 l displacement
• 289 CID ≈ 4.7 l displacement
• 302 CID ≈ 5.0 l displacement
• 318 CID ≈ 5.2 l displacement
• 327 CID ≈ 5.4 l displacement
• 350 CID ≈ 5.7 l displacement
• 383 CID ≈ 6.3 l displacement
• 409 CID ≈ 6.7 l capacity
• 427 CID ≈ 7.0 l displacement
• 440 CID ≈ 7.2 liters
• 454 CID ≈ 7.4 l displacement
• 572 CID ≈ 9.4 l displacement

Conversion the other way around, typical European sizes (conversion rounded):