What does it mean if one says his car is 4 cylinder...and what is CC good for?

Question

How many cylinders are there and cc affects what? I'm just learning about this topic so be patient with me, thanks:)

Answer 1

A cylinder is the internal combustion chamber for your engine (your spark plugs sit atop of them). Cylinders are where the fuel and air mix and a piston (which is inside the cylinder) compresses the mixture and the spark plug ignites it, which in turn creates the power for your car to move. A 4-cylinder engine has for areas for combustion. The more areas your engine has for combustion the more horsepower you can create. The fewer cylinders you have the less fuel is consumed and is why a 4 cylinder engine is more fuel efficient than an 8 cylinder. Small European cars have as few as 1 and average 3 or 4. Most cars in the US are 4 or 6 cylinders. Some cars from the US and Europe have as many as 8 to 12 (and a few cars have/had more).

CC is cubic centimeters or the how large the engine is and is usually referred to with smaller cars but most predominantly with motorcycles. Most domestic makes are CID (cubic inch displacement) and engine size is also a determining factor in how fuel efficient or how powerful a car or engine is.

Answer 2

A four cylinder engine has four separate cylinders with four pistons that go up and down by their attachment to the crankshaft with connecting rods. They are usually in a row but a few engines like the old VW had two on each side of the crankshaft in a flat pattern.
CC (cubic centimeter) is a measure of how much volume is displaced by the movement of the piston in the cylinder times the number of cylinders.
Don't get confused by one cycle or two revolutions. That is only if you measure how much the engine would pump. The piston displaces the same volume each half turn up (or down just in the opposite direction).
It is a matter of cylinder diameter and piston stroke (the distance the piston moves) and is a fixed measurement for each engine.
On another note: The "Miller Cycle" engine is a lame attempt to redefine an engine size by how much the pistons displace only AFTER the intake valve closes. It only pretends to make the engine smaller. Many high powered race engines have long valve opening times and are not considered smaller engines and do not act like smaller engines. Sorry for the ranting.

Answer 3

The combustion chamber is the area where compression and combustion take place. As the piston moves up and down, you can see that the size of the combustion chamber changes. It has some maximum volume as well as a minimum volume. The difference between the maximum and minimum is called the displacement and is measured in liters or CCs (Cubic Centimeters, where 1,000 cubic centimeters equals a liter).

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Answer 4

Horsepower, it's all about the horsepower baby CC cubic centimeters cylinders ya know the things that go up and down turn the crank make the car GO....4 banger slow V-8 FAST

Answer 5

CC means cubic centimetres, but somtimes about cars it means Coupe Cabriolet. For example Peugeot 206 CC Or Nissan Micra CC and others....So i think that you know that cabriolets affects a wind in your hair and amazing drive.:) If you want you can look what CC means.

Answer 6

C.C. = Cubic Centimeters.
The volume of air circulated thru the combustion chamber with one complete cycle of the engine. or two revolutions of the engines crankshaft.

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Answer 7

cubic centimeters