bww3588

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ya, i had to think back to 11th grade math after reading it a second ti,e.

02 Camaro SS

iTrader: (4)

You squared the diameter of the cylinder, not the radius. Where did you get 0.7854? Either you typed something wrong or got the right answer by chance.

volume of a cylinder = pi * r^2 * height (stroke in this case)
then multiply by 8 since there are 8 cylinders

Displacement = pi * (3.9 inches / 2)^2 * 3.62 inches * 8 cylinders
= 345.95 inches^3

bww3588

iTrader: (49)

no that is the right answer, you will get the right anwer everytime.

my method is right, this method is right. its simplified math. there are a lot of simplified formulas.

my method is the method commly used by engine builders, the other method is typically used by math people.

bww3588

iTrader: (49)

ill lay it out for you

3.898X3.898X.7854x3.62=43.19992

43.19992X8=345.59936

and your getting different answers, becuase your not using true numbers. yours are off by 2 thousandths.

here, using your method and correct numbers

(3.898/2)=1.949
1.949X1.949=3.7986
3.7986X3.14=11.9276
11.9276X3.62=43.17791
43.17791X8=345.42328

~170 thousandths^3 difference between methods.

bww3588

iTrader: (49)

as you can see, my method is a lot easier.

DCsLS1

GEEKS lol JK

JonCR96Z

iTrader: (33)

Who's not using true numbers?

You've got bore to three decimal places and stroke only to two. And also rounded pi to 2 decimals as well.

Need to rethink your methods before commenting on others lack of "TRUE" numbers.

Try 345.789645.

02 Camaro SS

iTrader: (4)

Ah I see where that 0.7854 came from

we'll say D=displacement, B=bore, and S=stroke

D = (B/2)^2 * pi * S
D = (B^2) / (2^2) * pi * S
D = (B^2)/4 * pi * S
D = B^2 * S * pi/4

since pi/4 = 0.7854

D = B^2 * S * 0.7854

xhk651

i wont say its a 350.. because its simply not... when people ask if its a 350 i say no, 346, they say same thing as a 350.. i say no, its a 346 ls1.. and they say something along the lines of not being as good as a 350...

i almost feel stupid telling people i have an "ls1" or a "346"... about 1 in 50 people know what the hell either of them are.. i know im not the ignorant one, they are.. but it almost makes me feel like an idiot.. they usually look at me like i dont know what im talking about..

9000th01ss

iTrader: (10)

Yea, this is exactly what I tell people when they ask me what size my engine is, I've got it printed out on a laminated card.
If I'm in a hurry *I just tell them it's an LS1* which if they don't know what that is they're not worth talking about cars with anyway.

KENS_SS_4

The LS1 is 3.8L V6, everyone knows that duh!
It's the guted cats that make the difference. Wow!
Newbie's

C5_Pete

iTrader: (8)

Holy Crap!!!

I asked a pretty simple question.

You guys are too much...

Thanks again.

blk/slvr02ss

iTrader: (21)

Now,Now that's not nice.It never hurt's to ask that is the only way to learn.The more question's you ask the more you learn even as stupid as some of them are.

KENS_SS_4

I think that by page two the fun can start. IMHO

BlueBird346

iTrader: (13)

Might as well be for us Formula guys lol.

Camaro396

iTrader: (14)

I love when people are like is that a V8? Im like yeah 346 Gen III and their like no the V8s that come in the cameros are 350s, or some tell me I have they come with a TBI 305. ******' retards.

Transgression

TBI? ahahahahahaha! who in the hell says that? what really gets me mad is when u try to tell someone something about YOUR OWN car that u know for a fact what ur sayin is right and they insist ur wrong and agure why there right.... i hate that! damn noobs that Know EVERYTHING bout YOUR car when they dont even own one lol

wht01ws6ta

iTrader: (45)

A lot of parts stores like Advanced Auto and VatoZone will have them listed as a 350 lol

SimRacer1

i never understood why in cubes people would always make sure they call it a 346 or 347 instead of rounding it to 350, BUT in cc's you just always hear people rounding to 5.7 litres instead of saying "ya I have a 5.65 litre engine" (or whatever it may be) lol.

I think it may have something to do with back in the ponycar/muscle car wars of the 60s when they would advertise all there cars with the 347 small block or the 348 super screamer or the 351 flow pac (just examples but you get the idea). So these numbers started to stick and people would refer to the ford as a 348 but if you had a chevy it was "ONLY" lol, a 347.

Same crap they all set out to build a 350.

Ice78Transam

iTrader: (1)

Moooo