My car has a 2.5 liter engine, what exactly does that mean?

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It's called the "displacement."

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Your car likely has a 4 cylinder engine. It means that there are 4 chambers in the engine where gas/air mixture is sucked in, burned, and the exhaust gas expelled. Obviously, more gas/air mixture you burn, more power you get. (simply stated)

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Because each chamber is a cylinder, it has a finite ability (capacity) to suck in the gas/air mixture. When you add all of your 4 cylinder, it has the capacity of 2.5 liter.

Have ever been at a red light and a car beside you has spinners & you hit the acclerator?

It means the combined displacement of your cylinders is 2.5 liters.

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2,500 cubic centimeters of displacement.

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there is 2.5 ltrs in each cylinder.This is the area between the cylinder head (TDC) and the bottom of the piston travel (BDC)

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