AKIRA Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 does anybody know why the 1.8L is a popular size engine?, why not just round it up to 2.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 2.0 is a turbo motor! 1.8 or 2.2 for na! duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam N.D.J. Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Because most companies round up to the nearest whole number, our 1.8's are actually like 1781 for the EA-1800's and 1820 for the EJ-1800's. Make's it easier to put 1.8L on the back of a car rather than 1.781L I don't know the actual displacement of other makes 1.8's to put into this as reference though. As far as the actual workings of it, most engines move up by 1 or 2 hundred CC's at a time, 1.6's naturally turned into 1.8's and 1.8's into 2.0's and 2.2's, some makes like VW actually had 1.6 1.7 and 1.8, it's an act of evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partsman Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 2.0 is a turbo motor!1.8 or 2.2 for na! duh! What? Did you read the question? Try this answer: Automakers (let's say Subaru) specify what they need in terms of horsepower and physical size for a new engine design. Engineers give them what they ask for. Then, they start adding optional equipment or redesigning the vehicle, making it heavier, so the engineers rework their original design to get more HP, adding extra cc's for the same basic engine type (say by stroking a ea71 to get a ea81). Then, they add OHC heads and turbochargers (ea82, ea82t) until they decide to go a totally different direction (Legacy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 yeah, I get it now it's just that I am pretty compulsive about having things nice and even, and I just couldn't see why 1.8L? why not 2.0L? now i see how they increased it over time, and it makes sense, also not all people are concerned for having things as even as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canajun2eh Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 1.8 vs. 2.0: Many countries charge licence fees based on engine displacement. It costs a lot more to licence a 2.0 litre car than a 1.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Gee canajun2eh, you stoled my answer. For the EJ series cars, Subaru made many displacements that we in the USA never saw, the full line of EJ's is, EJ15, EJ16, EJ18, EJ20, EJ22, and EJ25. The first and second ones were primarily for third world countries, but were available in other places too. Yea, the whole taxation and licensing thing is usually what governs the displacement, but not for the USA, which is why we got the EJ22 while everyone else got the EJ20 in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 once again, something I didn't remember. The 360 must have been cheap to liscense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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