Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 205  /  Sec. 205.153 Engine displacement.

(a) Engine displacement must be calculated using nominal engine values and rounded to the nearest whole cubic centimeter, in accordance with American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) E 29-67.

(b) For rotary engines, displacement means the maximum volume of a combustion chamber between two rotor tip seals minus the minimum volume of that combustion chamber between those two rotor seals times three times the number of rotors. cc=(Maximum chamber volume-minimum chamber volume)x3xnumber of rotors.