I know what a 6.2L engine means in relation to a 2.4L engine, as I'm sure we all do - But I didn't realise how Manufacturers came up with these numbers.
I'll be honest, up untill about a year or so ago, I thought that they dipped engines into a Huge Vat of water, to see how much liquid it displaced...
So I'm posting this for those of us who didn't
really know what these numbers meant; Displacement, is essencially (the volume of the cyllinders at bottom dead-center stroke) X (the number of cyllinders).
LS2:
it's bore(width) of the cyllinders = 4 in.
it's stroke (hieght) of the cyllinder = 3.62 in
So, the volume of each cyllinder = [pi * (r)^2] * Hieght.
[3.141592 * (2)^2] * 3.62
~45.5 cubic inches...multiply that by 8 cyllinders
~364 cubic inch engine. (or 6 liters)
I was actually surprised to find that the engine's physical size is relative to the cyllinder size, not the other way around.
That was my lesson for the day.
NOTE: I aplogise to those who already knew this. I didn't so I assume others may not have either.