My car is 1.7 liters. The Corvette is 7.0 liters, the new one. Does this mean how many liters it holds per gallon? What does the liters represent as far as fuel is concerened?
2006-12-16 20:15:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
incorrect
how many liters it holds per gallon?? what the hell you on about?
liters & gallon's are just diffrent meserments of liquid
2006-12-16 20:25:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Each liter is roughly 60 cubic inches. The larger the engine the more potential power that may be generated (assuming that all other factors are equal).
A 1.6L twin turbo Kent engine can put out over 800 Hp. But the engine lifespan is about 10 hours.
! 5.0L engine can easily put out 300 horsepower and last well over 200,00 miles.
Smaller displacement engines make up for horsepower loss, but forced induction (supercharging, turbocharging, etc.) This raising the pressure in the cylinders and pumps more air creating a denser charge and more power. The reason why large displacement engines will always be faster, if that these techniques to boost horsepower and torque work on any engine regardless of size.
2006-12-18 05:32:39 · answer #2 · answered by Henry H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, the liters represent engine displacement for SIZE. As an example a 5.0 liter engine is a 307 cu in. engine. That 7.0 is huge compared to your little 1.7. If I know chevy, the 7.0 is somewhere around a 400 cu in. The 1.7 maybe 235cu in or smaller. The liters are metric measurement of displacement, they have absolutely nothing to do with fuel.
2006-12-16 20:23:11 · answer #3 · answered by relaxed 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually more liters means a more powerful engine. But you can't rely on that only.
A 1.8 Turbo engine is more powerful than a 2.0 L engine.
And a 1.8 Audi A4 is more powerful than a 1.8 Toyota.
To better measure the power of an engine you need to look at the BHP or Torque of the engine.
1.7 L is a measure of the Engine Displacement, which is :
Engine displacement is defined as the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle.
2006-12-16 20:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by Fadi K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The litres ONLY designated the displacement of the engine (volume of the cylinder X the number of cylinders). It has nothing to do with the fuel, only that the larger engine will most likely consume more of it. The larger engine has more "potential" for horsepower and torque, but may not nessecerily have it depending on compression ratio, turbo, super charger, fuel injection, cam, etc. Also, the Chevy engine in the vette is not a 307 cu. in. (that is an Olds motor and is only 5 litres)
2006-12-17 00:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by wzzrd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Engines used to be measured in cubic inches. The more cubic inches (litres) the bigger the engine which basically means more horse power and the more fuel used. So yes, you are correct!
2006-12-16 20:28:42 · answer #6 · answered by Ta Dah! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Potentially, yes.
2006-12-16 20:17:40 · answer #7 · answered by Feeling new @ 42 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋