How to convert PSI to kg/cm2??
Hmm... havn't actually found how to do it...
With the stock oil pressure gauge (though I really should get another one I guess) I get (on the stock gauge) about 2.5 at idle, and maybe 4-4.5 at 4500 rpms... 'dis OK?? Math isn't my strong suit |
Good to three significant figures:
X kgf / cm^2 = ( Y lbf / in^2 ) * 1 kgf / 2.2 lbf * 1 in^2 / 6.45 cm^2 = Y / 14.2 so 15 psi = 1.05 kgf/cm^2 See also this website for more conversions: http://www.onlineconversion.com/pressure.htm or here: http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccpress.htm (Your gauge may be reading incorrectly, or there may be another scale factor involved. Above I have used kgf and lbf for kilogram-force and pound-force. Technically a kilogram is a unit of mass not force.) |
Yep, kg is a measure of mass, not force. The Japanese are the only ones who regularly use kg/cm², but kPa or bar are the correct metric units for pressure.
FYI... 1 kg/cm² = 14.2 psi 1 bar = 100 kPa = 14.5 psi 1 atmosphere = 14.7 psi |
That's only a little different than what I worked out myself... what messed me up was that you can't just convert cm2 to inches2 as a straight area conversion... since it's pressure, the value will DECREASE as opposed to increasing...
And yes, I always thought it was strange that kilos would be used as a wieght/pressure, when it, by definition, is a MASS measurement, and doesn't change whether you are on earth of the moon! I don't know... I'm drunk now. Thanks much! |
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