Hey all, I warn in advance ...this may be a stupid question ...LOL

While I was smokin' up some license plate ideas I did some googlin' ....luckily google straighted me out ...bow to the google Gods.

Anyway...to the point.

6.1L = 372 cu in
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...%2e1l+to+cu+in

6059 cc = 370 cu in
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...059cc+to+cu+in



What's the deal? Which one is right ...and if the 370 cu in is right, why have we seen this 6.1L everywhere?

 

6.1L/0.016387= 372.24 cubic inches


My guess is depending on whether you use inches, milliliters or centimeters to enter the data for :

Bore Size X Stroke Length X #of Cylinders

You may come up with rounding errors.

But it is too late at night for me to really think about it.

 

Not the greatest source on the net but here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Hemi_engine#6.1

Its a 370 cubic inch engine. Manufactures will round up most of the time. Infact this is much closer than many other rounding jobs that I've heard of. Take the Ford 5.0L as an example.

"In the 1980s the 302 became more commonly known as the 5.0 Liter, although its metric displacement (4942 cc) more accurately rounds to 4.9 L.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Windsor_engine#302

It's a marketing thing to make the car sound more powerful. The humorous thing is the only difference in displacement between a Ford 5.8L and a GM 5.7L was 1 cubic inch as the Ford was a 351 and the GM was a 350. Doesn't the 5.8L sound like it would have a more significant displacement advantage this way having a tenth a displacement advantage over 1 cubic inch advantage? It's all about marketing, believe me I should know since that is my major.

 

So if I was to get a plate it should be 370

That 392 Hemi that the SEMA car has...how many cc is that one? Is it really a 390ci?

What I'm getting at is what will/does Dodge call this engine? A 372 or a 370?

 

Well true that may be correct but 392 sounds much better than 390 considering the legendary 392 hemi engine. Better for sales. Just like if they made a fuel injected 424 cu in. they wouldnt call it a 424 that would be dumb when they could call it the rebirth of the 426 legend hemi. Which would be awesome by the way.

 

Haha...modern day 426 Hemi....yeah ...do they make tires strong enough for that kinda craziness?


But...do ya think Dodge will call this a 372 Hemi? They seem to veer away from it on their site ...referring to it as the 6.1 Hemi