daredevil
Well-Known Member
3/4 cam
i had read early circle tracks were 3/4 mi.
a 3/4 cam was one ground to perform on those tracks.
but i don't know myself.
I was told it was due to duration. If it had 270 duration at .o5o is was a 3/4 cam
3/4 cam
i had read early circle tracks were 3/4 mi.
a 3/4 cam was one ground to perform on those tracks.
but i don't know myself.
my demon has new engine mounts from napa.What kind of motor mounts are you using on your Demon? LOL
Actually my old auto shop teacher taught this to us, he always said "motors are electric" so it has always stuck with me too.
35 years ago I had a foreman make an issue out of the motor/engine thing.
But he was an electrician. And a nuckle head.
I looked up definitions and it seemed somewhat fluid, if you will pardon the term.
Fluid being the state some fuels are in.
Seems like nit picking to me.
But I'm a rebel of sorts at that kind of thing.
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after 17 year as a tech at dodge dealers and many classes at a chrysler training center,they also teach that a motor is electrical.now as toyota fork lift tech,they really teach this as motors are used in electric trucks,and engines in internal combustion trucks
How do they not cover the valves? I`ll call em valve covers for the rest of my life.
http://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/valve-covers?keyword=valve%20covers&kr=valve%20covers
An engine is a motor, but a motor is not an engine. A motor is a machine that creates motion from energy. An engine is a machine that converts fuel to energy then to motion.
What word(s)/term(s) do you guys constantly hear in the world of cars that just ruffles your feathers?
Mine is Valve Cover(s). They don't cover the valves, they cover the rockerarms! They're Rockerarm Covers! :banghead:
I work full time at PST but on weekends I still work at a local repair shop.
The one that gets to me the most .............. That is from customers is
"ever since you worked on my car ............." (fill in the blank.) and 99% of the time what they are now complaining about has nothing to do with the last repair that was done.
Just my 2 cents
Some (typically inline) engines actually HAVE tappet covers:
thats funny LOLAs a parts counter guy i always have people asking for Cadillac converters (Catalytic converter) i usually just laugh to myself when i hear it.
haha we were just talking about stuff like that at work today...PIN number, VIN Number, ATM Machine....and I joked about how I laughed at someone trying to correct me when I said "PCV Valve' because they though I was being redundant.Welcome the Department of Redundancy Department.
Kinda goes along with "ATM Machine."
On a diesel its a rocker box.What word(s)/term(s) do you guys constantly hear in the world of cars that just ruffles your feathers?
Mine is Valve Cover(s). They don't cover the valves, they cover the rockerarms! They're Rockerarm Covers! :banghead:
As a parts counter guy i always have people asking for Cadillac converters (Catalytic converter) i usually just laugh to myself when i hear it.
Just a few of the terms I hate.
MOTOR
POP UP PISTONS
POSI
TRANNY
MANNI
VERTER
And why is it every time a chevy guy sees you at a gas station he starts his story with I used to have this 350 4 bolt main truck block that was BALANCED AND BLUEPRINTED, PORTED AND POLISHED with DOUBLE HUMP heads?
Rod
Some of you need to chill the 'F out, LOL. Some of these terms have been around longer than I've been alive, and many vary with local and regional areas, as well as being changed over time by such things (back then) as car magazines and (now) the www. I can still remember a discussion with some guys in my early Navy days about what the meaning of "tall gears" is.
In the case of the "front shaft" going into your 4 speed, this has many names depending on what dealer you are in (GM, Ferd, other), what catalog you are lookin in, and who made the transmission, whether it be New Process, Clark, Borg Warner or whoever.
Mopar (used to) call this shaft a pinion. I don't hear too many of you on this board calling it that, so that means you are technically INCORRECT. Clutch gear, input shaft, main drive gear, are all terms used by someone or another for this same part.
That goes with a "auto-magic" transmission.