Talk:Engine displacement
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Probably better to discuss the linking to this page here than on the 1 E-3 m³ page, to keep it where it's relevant. Which part of Wikipedia:Naming conventions or Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) do you feel applies on that page? I think the third paragraph in the latter page says the 'e' shouldn't be capitalized when it's used in a phrase, as in automobile engine displacement. You wouldn't write "automobile Engine displacement" normally, after all. -- JohnOwens 02:44 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)
- Haven't you noticed that all pages in Wikipedia have the first letter capitalized? iMac leads you to a page titled "IPac." The first letter of the title doesn't matter so IMac and iMac go to the same place. The convention say to lowercase "second and sebsequent words". --dan
- That's the difference between what the link says and what it actually takes you to. See Wikipedia:How to edit a page, section 3, for a bit about how that works. And, it definitely reads better without the capital letter in there. "all pages" != "all links" -- JohnOwens 02:57 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)
Removed incorrect statement
that 'octane ratings are higher' in the modern day. They are not. Octane ratings available slowly climbed during the 50s and early 60s, and many cars from the mid 1960s through the early 1970s were designed to run on 100 octane leaded gas, which is unavailable these days except as aviation fuel. If it says "Premium fuel" on a car of that era, 100 octane is what it means, not the 92-95 available today.
However, modern engine designs (both in physical design and electronic engine control) permit higher compression ratios to be used with ordinary gasoline than was available then.