Bore x Stroke x Number of cylinders = cubic inches.
Another contributor says: Wrong!
Right answer is: Bore AREA x Stroke x Number of cylinders.
That simply means that the piston or bore AREA multiplied by the piston's movement limit is the volume of each cylinder.
Multiply that by the number of cylinders.
For cubic inches capacity (or volume displacement) all units of measurement must be of course in inches.
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By getting an inch and cubing it. To cube it, you create a cube with all the sides one inch. You should know this....
An inch is a measure of distance or length. A square inch is a measurement of area. A cubic inch is a measure of volumen.
The question asks for a comparison that is not valid. It is like asking which is more 3 apples or 4 books? A square inch is a measure of area whereas a cubic inch is a measure of volume. They measure different things and it makes no sense to try and convert from one to the other.
Cubic centimeters are a volume measurement but inches are a linear measurement they are different dimensions and there is no answer to your question as stated.One cubic inch is about 16.4 cubic centimeters.
A mile doesn't contain cubic inches. A cubic inch is a measure of volume and a mile is a measure of distance, therefore, the two are not on the same scale and cannot be converted from one to the other. Therefore, there are no cubic inches in a mile.
16.387 cubic centimeters per cubic inch.