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11-22-2007, 10:37 AM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Bogus car terms
I was watching TV this AM and some guy was talking about how his car had "steel" heads on it.
I tried to figure out what kind of heads he meant, but then my brain started bleeding out my ears. I figure he meant iron, since even though it is very possible to cast steel it doesn't have the dampening characteristics of iron or aluminum and that would probably mean bad ju ju during combustion. I don't know of any company that makes heads out of steel.
What other stuff have you guys heard (besides the 3/4 race cam, we've all heard that one).
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11-22-2007, 10:44 AM
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rotary with pistons
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11-22-2007, 10:46 AM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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I had somebody call it the "Wanker" rotary engine once. I asked if that was the British engine and he just stared blankly at me.
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11-22-2007, 11:04 AM
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The classic 3/4 race cam. Even my lawnmower has one...
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11-22-2007, 02:27 PM
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what about the 15/16s cam? 
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11-22-2007, 03:02 PM
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maybe he stole the heads?
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11-22-2007, 07:08 PM
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Met a guy once who had a Chevelle with a "396 Hemi" in it. A "Chevrolet Hemi." So, I told him I had dual four barrels, a six pack, and fuel injection, all on the same engine! 
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11-22-2007, 07:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WildBillyT
I was watching TV this AM and some guy was talking about how his car had "steel" heads on it.
I tried to figure out what kind of heads he meant, but then my brain started bleeding out my ears. I figure he meant iron, since even though it is very possible to cast steel it doesn't have the dampening characteristics of iron or aluminum and that would probably mean bad ju ju during combustion. I don't know of any company that makes heads out of steel.
What other stuff have you guys heard (besides the 3/4 race cam, we've all heard that one).
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wasn't that on pinks this morning?
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11-22-2007, 09:47 PM
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muffler bearings
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11-22-2007, 09:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WildBillyT
I had somebody call it the "Wanker" rotary engine once. I asked if that was the British engine and he just stared blankly at me.
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wanker is a bad word in england. i assume thats where your joke comes from right? cause if so thats awesome!
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11-22-2007, 09:55 PM
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its called a Wankel engine but to mock it they are commonly referred to as wanker engines because the drivers are typically wankers themselves.
Ricer=Wanker
Proof : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanker
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Last edited by bubba428; 11-22-2007 at 10:00 PM.
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11-22-2007, 10:42 PM
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Quote:
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wanker is a bad word in england. i assume thats where your joke comes from right? cause if so thats awesome!
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not a "bad" word per say , its their quivalent of a**hole or idiot. When i did the Ireland,Scotland,England tour i got real familiar with brit slang
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11-22-2007, 10:45 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by qwikz28
wanker is a bad word in england. i assume thats where your joke comes from right? cause if so thats awesome!
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Absolutely. He didn't get the British reference.
And yep, Pinks.
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11-23-2007, 04:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unstable bob gable
Met a guy once who had a Chevelle with a "396 Hemi" in it. A "Chevrolet Hemi." So, I told him I had dual four barrels, a six pack, and fuel injection, all on the same engine! |
dude, what is with people saying they have Chevy's Hemi's!!??
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11-23-2007, 04:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacdout96
dude, what is with people saying they have Chevy's Hemi's!!??
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...yeah, they never made it past prototype! And you can have one of the prototypes now!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-...QQcmdZViewItem
This is a 302 Chevrolet prototype Hemi head design 302 Engine with factory aluminum heads and special Crossram intake
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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11-23-2007, 05:55 PM
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if i remember correctly oldsmobile had a W-43 hemi but i dont know if that ever made production either
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11-23-2007, 06:07 PM
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Any Chevy book i have read used the term semi hemi for BBC early type motors - meaning - the closed combustion chamber - slang and different places have different meanings for ebverything - jz
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11-23-2007, 08:28 PM
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semi hemi means they half assed the research to make it a full hemi. hemi is hemi, if it isnt a hemisperical chamber its not hemi, and the preffered hemi style is spark plug in the center for the best even displacement of the combustion, and valves on both sides for the best cross flow of in and out. Now there are chevy blocks that are hemi today...but they're only built for top fuel dragsters, I forget the displacement ofthem, but i read a few years back they made them in the 70's, and now they brought them back. anyone got more insight on that info.
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Uh yeah, after they surprized buttsecks us at Pearl Harbor?
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11-23-2007, 09:14 PM
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I <3 sheep
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BAE makes hemi heads for chevy blocks
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