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)
 
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.) .