Dodge Intrepid - Metric System Description

METRIC SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION
The metric system is based on quantities of one,
ten, one hundred, one thousand and one million.
The following chart will assist in converting metric
units to equivalent English and SAE units, or vise
versa.
CONVERSION FORMULAS AND EQUIVALENT VALUES
MULTIPLY BY TO GET MULTIPLY BY TO GET
in-lbs x
0.11298
= Newton Meters
(N·m)
N·m x 8.851 = in-lbs
ft-lbs x
1.3558
= Newton Meters
(N·m)
N·m x
0.7376
= ft-lbs
Inches Hg (60° F) x 3.377 = Kilopascals (kPa) kPa x
0.2961
= Inches Hg
psi x 6.895 = Kilopascals (kPa) kPa x 0.145 = psi
Inches x 25.4 = Millimeters (mm) mm x
0.03937
= Inches
Feet x
0.3048
= Meters (M) M x 3.281 = Feet
Yards x
0.9144
= Meters M x
1.0936
= Yards
mph x
1.6093
= Kilometers/Hr.
(Km/h)
Km/h x
0.6214
= mph
Feet/Sec x
0.3048
= Meters/Sec (M/S) M/S x 3.281 = Feet/Sec
mph x
0.4470
= Meters/Sec (M/S) M/S x 2.237 = mph
Kilometers/Hr. (Km/h) x
0.27778
= Meters/Sec (M/S) M/S x 3.600 Kilometers/Hr. (Km/h)
COMMON METRIC EQUIVALENTS
1 inch = 25 Millimeters 1 Cubic Inch = 16 Cubic Centimeters
1 Foot = 0.3 Meter 1 Cubic Foot = 0.03 Cubic Meter
1 Yard = 0.9 Meter 1 Cubic Yard = 0.8 Cubic Meter
1 Mile = 1.6 Kilometers
Refer to the Metric Conversion Chart to convert
torque values listed in metric Newton- meters (N·m).
Also, use the chart to convert between millimeters
(mm) and inches (in.) (Fig. 6).
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