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Ford=289, 302, 351, 390, 428/429, 460
Chevy=283, 327, 350, 396, 400, 427, 454
Mopar=360, 383, 440
That’s a 427 not a 7 L!
Obviously I’ve missed many cubic inch v8's but these are the numbers my elders taught me as a young motoring enthusiast.
The only cars we identified in liters were Japanese imports. It just seems wrong to call it the 146 cubic inch Datsun Z and not the 240.
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I grew up being told that it was more important to learn metric, because we’d switch to that eventually.
Sometimes I think my mom was just being a dick.
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I identify American cars by what part of it falls off first.
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We are losing American history right now!
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Usually a rusty one.
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This exists in Arizona. The least metric of all the states.
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Old V8s I generally refer to in cubic inches. The manufacturers themselves started using metric about the same time they ditched the classic blocks for OHC, so I don’t really fight it on those.
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No. No you’re not. :)
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Nope, I also do that.
Also, your MOPAR list should really be 318, 340, 360, 383, 440 because I’m obnoxious about my enthusiasm.
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You forgot the Ford 427 which on certain Galaxies was labeled as a “7 litre” but with those engines I’ll always think of them by cubic inches too.
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We have some dual unit speed limit signs here in Houston, really not sure how that happened.
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Always, love my 213ci (3.5 EB), lol.
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Depends. Pre 80s, yeah, it’s all cubic inches. But my Dakota is a 3.9, not a 239. Though if it had the 5.2, I probably would call it a 318.
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I identify American cars by: why on earth would you label your sizes 7/16, 1/2, 5/8, well, the 13 socket almost fits
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Well for Ford the 302 became the 5.0, so that’s something. The 5.7 LS1 is technically a 350.
I like Pontiac’s later engines: 350, 400, and 455. The autopart stores has the engine listed in liters, but not spelled litres.
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MAYBE YOUR MOM WAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE PERSON IN ALL OF AMERICA
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what are these “cubic inches” you speak of?
8P
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The LS1 is actually slightly smaller, it’s only a 345ci engine.
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2.54 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm.
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Probably a relic of the Federal Highway funding program in the early 90's.
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Pontiac started it with the “6.6 L” Transam.
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Most of the modern GM V8's are still OHV, the 5.3L is a 327, the 5.7L is a 350 and so on.
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My mopar knowledge is limited.
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All of that is the same as carpentry measurements, usually only go down to the 1/16 inch. Fine carpentry goes to 1/32 or 1/64 if you can even see that. 1/32 is slightly less than 1 mm. So yes metric for bolts etc... is soooooo much easier.
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I can do most things with my metric sockets, but to avoid damaging the bolts, I try using the few old imperial sockets and spanner my dad has kept (imagine a small metal box with a handful of tools )
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Yeah, all the signs on the I19 south of Tucson are in metric.
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no 273?..........