Convert from imperial to metric, and from metric to imperial. Formulas related to diesel engine needs at Barrington Diesel Club

Barrington Diesel Club

At Barrington Diesel Club one of our aims is to provide useful information such as conversions from imperial to metric and vise versa that relate to the operation of engines, transmissions, ships, aircraft, domestic appliances, etc.

At Barrington diesel club bolt tightening torques and fuel consumption rates are also provided for many engines beginning with Detroit Diesel,Cummins, and ADE. Our Web Log provides a forum for discussing diesel engine features and problems. We also provide general technical data such as Standard Torques for bolts and nuts, Properties of materials like the melting and boiling points of metals, metric to imperial cross references, SAE Flywheel housing sizes, as well as providing articles of general interest like discussions on fuel consumption and Detroit Diesel Air Box Pressures.

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Useful unit conversions

Temperature conversions
Fahrenheit	Celcius
°F = (°C * 9/5)+ 32)	°C = (°F -32)*(5/9)

Power Conversions
Unit	Multiply by	To get
hp SAE	0.7457	kW
hp metric	0.7355	kW
kW	1.3410	hp SAE
kW	1.3596	hp metric

Length
Unit	Multiply by	To get
inches	25.40	mm
mm	0.0394	inches
Km	0.6214	miles
miles	1.6093	Km
thou	0.0254	mm
mm	39.3701	thou

Speed - Time - Distance Table
Table based on:
1 mile =			1.609344 km			0.868976242 knot
1 kilometer =			0.621371192 mile			0.539956803 knot
1 knot =			1.150779448 mile			1.852 km
Speed				Seconds to do		Time taken to do
mph	km/h	m/s	knot	100 yards	100 meters	one mile	one km
Exact keys - bold black, other values rounded to 1 or 2 decimal places.
5	8.0	2.24	4.3	40.9	45.0	12 min 00 secs	7 min 30 secs
6.2	10	2.78	5.4	33.0	36.0	9 min 41 secs	6 min 00 secs
10	16.1	4.47	8.7	20.5	22.4	6 min 00 secs	3 min 44 secs
15	24.1	6.71	13.0	13.6	14.9	4 min 00 secs	2 min 29 secs
20	32.2	8.94	17.4	10.2	11.1	3 min 00 secs	1 min 52 secs
21.7	35	9.73	18.9	9.4	10.3	2 min 46 secs	1 min 42 secs
25	40.2	11.2	21.7	8.19	8.93	2 min 30 secs	1 min 29 secs
Speed				Seconds to do		Time taken to do
mph	km/h	m/s	knot	100 yards	100 meters	one mile	one km
35	59.3	15.64	30.4	5.84	6.39	1 min 43 secs	1 min 01 secs
45	72.4	20.12	39.1	4.55	4.97	1 min 20 secs	0 min 50 secs
62.1	100	27.76	54.0	3.29	3.60	0 min 58 secs	0 min 36 secs
70	118.6	31.29	60.8	2.92	3.20	0 min 51 secs	0 min 33 secs
74.6	120	33.35	47.9	2.74	3.00	0 min 49 secs	0 min 30 secs
100	161	44.70	86.9	2.05	2.24	0 min 36 secs	0 min 22 secs
120	193.1	53.64	82.8	1.70	1.86	0 min 30 secs	0 min 19 secs
124.2	200	55.52	108	1.65	1.80	0 min 29 secs	0 min 18 secs
Man - pace of brisk walk
Man - sprinting, World record 100 meter = 9.58 seconds
Speed of race horse
Speed of cheetah = 70 mph

Torque Conversions
Unit	Multiply by	To get
foot pounds	1.3558	Nm
Nm	0.7376	foot pounds
inch pounds	0.113	Nm
Nm	8.8507	inch pounds

Volume Conversions
Unit	Multiply by	To get
inch³	16.387	ml,cc
inch³	0.016387	liter
ml,cc	0.0610	inch³
litre	61.02374	inch³

Convert from imperial to metric, and from metric to imperial. Formulas related to diesel engine needs at Barrington Diesel Club

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