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Calculating Engine Capacity Booklet

To calculate engine capacity, you need the bore (diameter of the cylinder) and stroke (distance the piston travels from bottom to top) in centimeters. You use the formula: Volume = 3.14 x (Bore/2)2 x Stroke. Then multiply the volume by the number of cylinders to get the total engine capacity in cubic centimeters. The document provides bore and stroke measurements for several vehicles and asks to calculate their engine capacities.

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Calculating Engine Capacity Booklet

To calculate engine capacity, you need the bore (diameter of the cylinder) and stroke (distance the piston travels from bottom to top) in centimeters. You use the formula: Volume = 3.14 x (Bore/2)2 x Stroke. Then multiply the volume by the number of cylinders to get the total engine capacity in cubic centimeters. The document provides bore and stroke measurements for several vehicles and asks to calculate their engine capacities.

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Calculating Engine Capacity

To work out the capacity of an engine we need to


know the BORE and STROKE of the engine

Bore

The BORE is
the diameter of
the CYLINDER

Stroke

The STROKE of an engine is the distance the piston moves


when travelling from bottom dead centre (BDC) to top dead
centre (TDC) or vice versa.

Once we have this information we can work out the


volume swept out by each piston in the engine
We can use the formula
V = 3.14 × (B ÷ 2)2 × S

Where
V = Swept Volume of Piston
B = Bore of the Cylinder
S = Stroke of the
Engine

Then to find the total engine capacity

Engine Capacity = V × N

Where
V = Swept Volume of Piston
N = Number of cylinders

NOTE:
The engine capacity is usually quoted in cubic centimetres (cc’s)
so we have to make sure that the measurements we put into our
formulas for the Bore and the Stroke are in centimetres
Austin 7

Straight 4 Engine with :


Bore = 56mm ×× Stroke = 76mm
Use the information above to calculate the engine capacity of the car
1968 Pontiac Superior Ambu-
lance

V8 Engine with :
Bore = 105mm ×× Stroke = 95mm
Dodge Viper

V 10 Engine with :
Bore = 100mm ×× Stroke = 99mm
Use the information above to calculate the engine capacity of the car
Jaguar XJS Convertible

V12 engine with :


Bore = 90mm ×× Stroke = 70mm
1996 Ferrari Formula 1 Type F310

V 10 engine with :
Bore = 98mm ×× Stroke = 40mm

Use the information above to calculate the engine capacity of the


car

Given they were in the year that was using the 3L formula, were Fer-
rari cheating?
H.P.. max was 900bhp, and the Ferrari engine gave 300hp/litre on
the dyno.

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