[Living Sacrifice]

a /b /c /D /e /f /g /H /i /j /k /L /m /n /o /p /Q /r /s /t /u /v /W /x /y /z
a

AT: Automatic Transmission.

AWD: All Wheel Drive.

b
c

CFM: Cubic Feet per Minute. A measure of the flow capacities for a Carb or Throttle Body.

D

DOHC: Dual Over Head Camshafts.

DSM: Diamond Star Motors. If you own an Eclipse, it was built by these folks, not Mitsubishi.

e

EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection.

f

FI: Forced Induction (turbo/supercharger).

FI: Fuel Injection.

Flat 4: Opposing or boxer engine. Two banks of 2 cylinders (two valve covers). Subaru, Volkswagen and Porsche employ opposing engines.

Flat 6: Opposing or boxer engine. Two banks of 6 cylinders (two valve covers). Subaru and Porsche.

FWD: Front Wheel Drive or Four Wheel Drive.

g
H
i

I4: I4 = One bank of 4 cylinders (one valve cover). What resides under your hood if you have a four cylinder (unless Subaru or Porsche resides on your hood).

I6: One Bank of 6 cylinders (one valve cover).

j
k

Kit Car: A car that is sold new without major parts (engine, tranny, etc) to be assembled by the owner and avoid government crash testing and emissions.

L

LSD: Limited slip differential.

m

MT: Manual Transmission.

n

NA: Naturally Aspirated (no turbo/supercharger).

NOS: Dork term for nitrous. Nitrous Oxide Systems is a company. Nitrous is a gas. Don't say "NOS" unless that company built your system.

o

OHC: Over Head Camshaft.

OHV: Over Head Valve (Cam in block, pushing the valves open using rods and rockers).

p

Posi: Posi-Trac = Limited slip differential, GM specific.

Q
r

Rally Racing: A racing style most popular in Europe; it entails driving too fast down dirt roads in the forest, dried riverbeds and sand dunes in the desert, or gravel road hillclimbs up mountains. Rally Race Cars typically have small engines with lots o' hp.

RWD: Rear Wheel Drive.

s

SOHC: Single Over Head Camshaft.

Sure-Grip: Limited slip differential, Mopar Specific.

t

TB: Throttle Body. Fuel injected cars often have these. Some new ones do not.

Trac-Loc: Limited slip differential, Ford Specific.

u

USDM: United States Direct Market. Cars that are available for sale here.

v

V4: Two banks of 2 cylinders (two valve covers). You are riding a motorcycle, Cars DO NOT have this motor.

V6: Two banks of 3 cylinders (two valve covers).

V8: Two banks of 4 cylinders.

V10: Two banks of 5 cylinders.

V12: Two banks of 6 cylinders (two valve covers).

W

W8: Four banks of 2 cylinders.

W12: Four banks of 3 cylinders.

x
y
z

PLEASE BE PATIENT, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

[mattslope]

TB = Throttle Body. Fuel injected cars often have these. Some new ones do not.

OHC = Over Head Camshaft

OHV = Over Head Valve (Cam situated in block, pushing the valves open using rods and rockers)

DOHC = Dual Over Head Camshaft

SOHC = Single Over Head Camshaft

EFI = Electronic Fuel Injection

NA = Naturally Aspirated (no turbo/supercharger)

FI = Forced Induction (turbo/supercharger)

NOS = Dork term for nitrous. Nitrous Oxide Systems is a company. Nitrous is a gas. Don't say "NOS" unless that company built your system.

LSD = Limited slip differential.

MT = Manual Transmission

AT = Automatic Transmission

FWD = Front Wheel Drive or Four Wheel Drive

AWD = All Wheel Drive

RWD = Rear Wheel Drive

V6 = Two banks of 3 cylinders (two valve covers).

I6 = One Bank of 6 cylinders (one valve cover).

V4 = Motorcycle engine, not car.

I4 = One bank of 4 cylinders (one valve cover). What resides under your hood if you have a four cylinder (unless Subaru or Porsche resides on your hood).

Flat 4 = opposing or boxer engine. Two banks of 2 cylinders (two valve covers). Subaru and Porsche employ opposing engines.

Flat 6 = opposing or boxer engine. Two banks of 6 cylinders (two valve covers). Subaru and Porsche.

Gran Turismo (video game) designations =
FF = Front engine, Front wheel drive.

FR = Front engine, Rear wheel drive.

FA = Front engine, All wheel drive.

MR = Mid engine, Rear wheel drive.

MA = Mid engine, All wheel drive.

RR = Rear engine, Rear wheel drive.

RA = Rear engine, All wheel drive.

Muscle Car Terms =

Posi = Posi-Trac = Limited slip differential, GM specific.

Trac-Loc = Limited slip differential, Ford Specific.

Sure-Grip = Limited slip differential, Mopar Specific.

6-pack = 3 seperate 2-barrel carbs mounted on one intake manifold.

4 barrel = Large carburetor.

2 barrel = Medium carburetor.

1 barrel = Small carburetor.

CFM = Cubic Feet per Minute. A measure of the flow capacities for a Carb or Throttle Body.

[sgary]

R.C.A. = rolls-can-ardlly, = rolls down one hill, can hardly make it up the next.
(Trash truck) I can't remember what cartoon I took these from? but they fit real good.

[Ryan]

This is just a suggestion, maybe someone will like it, but someone could edit the script from the Theology (or the Computers forum) to hold a listing of car-related words to keep this page from growing to several pages.

It's not a lot of work to edit, and provides a nice interface for all the terms.

[rockin4theking]

V8 = Two banks of 4 cylinders

V10 = Two banks of 5 cylinders

V12 = Two banks of 6 cylinders

W8 = Two V4's together (only VW does this at the moment)

W12 = Two V6's together (Only VW does this at the moment)

DSM = Diamond Star Motors (I can't believe you forgot that one mattslope. )

[mattslope]

Originally Posted by rockin4theking

DSM = Diamond Star Motors (I can't believe you forgot that one mattslope. )

Come on, that one is a given, like lol. If DSM is new to you, then welcome to the intarweb, glad to have you...

[rockin4theking]

Oh come on, it wasn't that long ago that I didn't know what DSM meant. But then I'm just a truck guy, so what do I know about cars.

[SenorPapaCabasa]

Originally Posted by rockin4theking

DSM = Diamond Star Motors

with this forum, thats the main one you have to know, since thats about 80% of what we discuss

[PaidInFull]

Add CAI (cold air intake) and OEM (office of emergency managment). And under Rally Sport you might want to add that the cars are 2.0L, by regulations, and cant be any bigger. And MPH (miles per hour)

[redbaron]

iirc you can go to 2.14L on a rally car. :P um...

Perhaps we should define things like oversteer & understeer? Oh, and throw up the Mopar version of LSD. Doesn't it start with a G?

[mattslope]

Originally Posted by redbaron

iirc you can go to 2.14L on a rally car. :P um...

Perhaps we should define things like oversteer & understeer? Oh, and throw up the Mopar version of LSD. Doesn't it start with a G?

No, its Sure-Grip. Which is already up there.

[crazybassmonkey]

you say that cars dont have V4's

ford used to build a V4 and saab used one in its saab V4 which they used to rally (quite sucsessfully) in the 1960's against things like the origional mini cooper S.

admittedly V4's are rare in cars now tho

[mattslope]

Originally Posted by crazybassmonkey

you say that cars dont have V4's

ford used to build a V4 and saab used one in its saab V4 which they used to rally (quite sucsessfully) in the 1960's against things like the origional mini cooper S.

admittedly V4's are rare in cars now tho

True. Cars have also had 3 wheels, lever steering systems and tank tracks. Those are admittedly rare enough to nullify their inclusion here.

I often hear people calling their B18C honda a V4 (although if they think their motor is a V4, they rarely know that the motor was a B18C anyway). I just want those people to stop it.

Thanks for the input. Did you see any other errors?

[lateforwork]

Definitely, very cool, thanks dude.