Does it irk you……………

[Professor Fate]

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Oh, yeah.
I can tell right away how old the person who posted "liters" is... Extra demerits if you write "litres" (Okay, if you're one of our non-North American members, I'm good with that).
Only exceptions are Magnums (just to distinguish them from LAs), Gen III hemis or the occasional 2.2/2.5 four banger... You're usually safe by sticking with the factory designations.

 

[oldkimmer]

Have u ever heard anyone say they were engineering down the highway? Kim

 

[mopar head]

I went through most of my life pronouncing Weiand like whey and. Sounds cooler than why and.

 

[MMissile]

It comes out of my deaf friend's mouth as Eagleblock, I give him a pass and never laugh.

50 year friend, has always said edumbrock. Don't have any idea where he got that....but I've never said anything.

 

[ProjectBazza]

Oh, yeah.
I can tell right away how old the person who posted "liters" is... Extra demerits if you write "litres" (Okay, if you're one of our non-North American members, I'm good with that).
Only exceptions are Magnums (just to distinguish them from LAs), Gen III hemis or the occasional 2.2/2.5 four banger... You're usually safe by sticking with the factory designations.
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Just think of all of the Fox Body fanboys running around with "5.0" badges on their fenders.

 

[33IMP]

Just think of all of the Fox Body fanboys running around with "5.0" badges on their fenders.

The really funny thing is they weren't even five liters. The 302 is a 4.9 .
Boss 302, and Z/28 were specially configured to be under the five liter Trans-Am limit, even with a .030 overbore. Mopar was not remotely competitive till the rules allowed destroking a larger motor (340, to 305).

 

[barbee6043]

The term limited slip is a description, Posi and Sure Grip are brand names like Xerox, Coke and Marlboro.

WE used to say that "sum ***** ain't got no get!"
HS English teacher would tell us you are using double and triple negatives,,,or sum thin!!

 

[33IMP]

50 year friend, has always said edumbrock. Don't have any idea where he got that....but I've never said anything.

I mostly hear elderbrock.

 

[1973dust]

I mostly see it spelled that way in an ad for one of those 4 bolt main Chevy 350's (475 horse out of a Vette, you know the ones)

 

[rklein383]

motorcycle, motorboat, motorhome, motor mounts, and if f I remember right, Mopar is short for motor parts.

 

[Oldmanmopar]

My motor, 408 magnum, EQ heads

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That is not a motor that is a POWER source .

 

[Professor Fate]

Just think of all of the Fox Body fanboys running around with "5.0" badges on their fenders.

That's what probably started it, when Ford changed their designation from 302 to 5L. Heck, they even tried it in '66 with the Galaxie 7 litre, but that went over like a lead balloon at the time. But that was how the factory named it, so ya gotta give it a pass.
But Mopar never offered a 5.6! The stripes, hood callouts, factory paperwork all called it a 340- so that's what ya gotta go with.
Explain how a poked and stroked 5.9l Magnum becomes a 408 c.i. instead of a 6.7l.? Only in America...!

 

[ProjectBazza]

That's what probably started it, when Ford changed their designation from 302 to 5L. Heck, they even tried it in '66 with the Galaxie 7 litre, but that went over like a lead balloon at the time. But that was how the factory named it, so ya gotta give it a pass.
But Mopar never offered a 5.6! The stripes, hood callouts, factory paperwork all called it a 340- so that's what ya gotta go with.
Explain how a poked and stroked 5.9l Magnum becomes a 408 c.i. instead of a 6.7l.? Only in America...!

I'm a (not so frequent) member of a Ford truck forum, and the younger guys there can't stand it when I tell them a 460 is NOT a 7.5L!

Screw 'em.

 

[440 Mike]

Have u ever heard anyone say they were engineering down the highway? Kim

Nope. I've heard of an engineer on a steam engine!

 

[33IMP]

If I build a stroked 454, it'll be a 496. (I tell people it's "a hundred over 396", lol)
Chevy put the same bore/stroke in a truck, called it an 8.1
To me, the difference is the vintage of the block.

 

[340six]

.... well then it didn't have the flat u-bolts with the waffle pattern and whoever did the work over torqued it.

It will be fine as long as you keep it under 88 MPH. Waffle pattern is need though when the time space continuum comes into play.

 

[Tsully]

You forgot Trac-lok

Or the infamous Detroit Locker!!!

 

[CFD244]

On a side note,
If you meet the guy who tells you his 318 is built to 340 spec. Give them a brake they are on the spectrum. Just smile and nod.

Then there is the guy who changes his Earl.
And Cow Induction Hood
It's a real Cow induction hood car and that's no Bull.
And Has "Wild-Wood" Breaks yes I know how to spell brake and vinyl top.
For the love of God spell brake and vinyl right

LMAO.......For the longest time I thought they WERE "Wildwood"........Although, I never confused Brakes with Breaks

 

[Elmo65]

It’s got a 3/4 race cam………………

 

[70SwingerGuy]

Heres one.... is it a head rest, or a head restraint?
My drivers ed teacher was quite emphatic that it was NOT to rest your head on, but its there to RESTRAIN it in the event of a collision.
Always irks me when I hear someone refer to it as a headrest.

 

[Oldiron440]

I actually looked it up once, an internal combustion engine is also a motor but an electric motor is not an engine. I just remember all the manuals we used at the shop they were all Motor Manuals.

 

[volaredon]

yeah... I grew up on CUBIC INCHES a "5.9 magnum" is still 360 CID!!!!! This "liter" thing has always drove me crazy. As do metric fasteners and Door "cards"

 

[340six]

yeah... I grew up on CUBIC INCHES a "5.9 magnum" is still 360 CID!!!!! This "liter" thing has always drove me crazy. As do metric fasteners and Door "cards"

It's inches.
This is America where you can plead the 5th after ya drank a 5th

 

[harrisonm]

How am I wrong? Can you tell me when I argued this point? A motor, whether electric or internal combustion, does convert one form of energy into mechanical energy. I did not state otherwise.

From Wikipedia

The term motor derives from the Latin verb moto which means 'to set in motion', or 'maintain motion'. Thus a motor is a device that imparts motion. Motor and engine are interchangeable in standard English

This has always been an entertaining debate over the years, all in good spirit.

If a tree falls in the forest..................

Discussing calmly like gentlemen:
Wikipedia is not a very good reference. It can be easily altered and updated. And the Webster dictionary may be a great source for a lot of things, but it isn't where I am going to go for definitions on terms/items related to physics or mechanical engineering. I am 75 and it was always fuel in engines and electricity for motors.
Think about the frozen dessert Sherbet. It was spelled that way for a LONG time and properly pronounced Sure-Bet. People incorrectly pronounced it Sher-Bert for so many years, that the Webster dictionary finally accepted it and listed Sherbert as a proper spelling and pronunciation. It is possible that the true definitions of motor and engine have been twisted around so much that they have blurred. I had a lot of Physics and some engineering classes in college, and the definitions of engine and motor were set in stone back then.
Also, go to a parts store and tell them you want a starter engine, radiator fan engine, heater/AC blower engine or a windshield wiper engine and they will stare at you like you have a horn growing out of your forehead.
You are certainly welcome to call them whatever you want, but I am sticking with what I have learned over the past 60 years.

 

[Kern Dog]

The whole thing about the REdefining of words and terms pisses me off. You get to where NOTHING seems safe from these assholes.
To add, terms like Could care less, HOT water heater, JUST sayin and asking for a friend smack of ignorance and a lack of vocabulary creativity. When a formerly respectable outfit like Webster gives in because so many ignorant people say things wrong, it really is pathetic.

yeah... I grew up on CUBIC INCHES a "5.9 magnum" is still 360 CID!!!!! This "liter" thing has always drove me crazy. As do metric fasteners and Door "cards"

Friggin "Door Cards"....Son of a ***** that **** pisses me off.
MFer, this isn't England. Stop using a British term like that. What's next? You're going to call your hood a bonnet and the trunk a boot? Get wipers for your windscreen too?