Automotive Slang/Jargon

[Beat_Dominator 2]

Powershifting is when you shift a manual transmission w/o taking your foot outa the fuel. 

Granny shifting is shifting a tranny the normal slow way

Never heard of speed shifting

Granny gear = uber low gearing.

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Holy crap you got double clutching right

If anyone needs to know why it would be used in performance driving, watch the chase scene in Bullitt, McQueen 2x shifts a lot near the end.

Speed shifting is shifting without using the clutch, often times you'll still have the petal mashed so it's very similar to power shifting.

[CBFryman 2]

Frenched = ressesed, lights, plates, etc...

speed shifting is hard a phuck in all but 4th and 5th gears...dont know how nascar guys do it.

doubleclutching is used to keep traction steady in heavy breaking when entering a corner in syncronised rannies while performance driving. a sudden engine brake could cause a skid, hello outside wall, or oversteer, hello world going round in circles.

though you dont have to double clutch, you can just rev match with the clutch in.

power shifting helps tons with turbo cars... especialyl thoes w/o BOV's

oh yeah, BOV = tweeter = blow off valve

[Eldorado 0]

Hot boxing= smoking the reefer in the car, usually filled with smoke

[mrray13 30]

When you take the CDL test, you are supposed to double clutch, in reality, no one does. 

My understanding of double clutching is (never had to use it since I've never takin the CDL test, don't plan on it either, but I can still drive a semi...) Use the clutch to put the transmission in neutral, match the revs needed to downshift and use the clutch again to put into gear again.  Used on unsychronized transmissions, you don't even need to do it if your know what your doing. 

in illinois, you have to double clutch to pass the CDL test, and they watch for it! and you have to double clutch whether upshifting or downshifting. you also have to downshift twice before each stop.

double clutching in older trucks is real work, some newer ones, not too bad. but it's a crap ton easier to "slipshift" (matching revs and not using the clutch) then it is to DC.

waterbox= spot to get the tires wet before a burnout at a dragstrip

tree= the starting lights

nomansland= the end of the dragstrip where it's all brakes and prayers. and if your prayers aren't answered...

sandbox= where you go after nomansland

trailered= where you go after losing at the strip

puckertime= that moment before you know something bad or on the edge is about to happen

whiteknuckle= gripping the steering wheel extremely tight, usually associated with puckertime

holeshot= leaving the starting line first, usually by quite a bit

hole= starting line

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[///M5 2,833]

Hot boxing= smoking the reefer in the car, usually filled with smoke

Really thought hotboxing was when you bogart and turn it all into cherry, could happen in a car I suppose though.

[CBFryman 2]

Hot box is all things smoked andin order to actually hot box the rooms has to be filled with smoke

like, cant see through the car filled

[///M5 2,833]

I surely didn't type this, but here is a list of car acronyms which fit the jargon category:

5MT - Five peed manual transmission

6MT - Six speed manual transmission

ABS - Antilock Braking System

A/C - Air Conditioning

AFRs - Air Fuel Ratios

ALS - Anti-lag System

ASR - Anti-Slip Regulation (traction control)

AT - Automatic Transmission

AVCS - Active Valve Control System (Subaru)

AWD - All Wheel Drive

BBK - Big Brake Kit

BHP - Brake Horespower

BOV - Blow-Off Valve

BPV - Bypass Valve

CAI - Cold Air Intake

CEL - Check Engine Light

CVTC - Continous Variable Timing Control (Nissan & Infiniti)

DCCD - Driver Controlled Center Differential

Diff - Differential

DIN - Deutsche Industrial Norm, radio dimension standard

DOHC - Daul OverHead Cams

DPFI - Dual Port Fuel Injection

DSM - Diamond Star Motors

DP - Downpipe

EBC - Electronic Boost Controller

EBD - Electronic Brake-force Distribution

ECU - Engine Control Unit

EFI - Electronic Fuel Injection

EGT - Exhaust Gas Temperature

EM - Engine Management

ETC - Electronic Throttle Control

F/I - Forced Induction

FI - Fuel Injection

FMIC - Front Mount Intercooler

FPR - Fuel Pressure Regulator

FWD - Front Wheel Drive

H4 - Horizontally opposed 4 cylinder engine

HID - High Intensity Discharge

HLSD - Helical Limited-Slip Differential

HP - Horsepower

HVAC - Heating Ventilation Air Condition

I4 - Inline 4 cyclinder

IAM - Ignition Advance Multiplier (part of the ECU's engine control scheme)

ID - Inner diameter

JDM - Japanese Domestic Market

KPH - Kilometers per Hour

LHD - Left Hand Drive

LSD - Limited slip differential

MAF - Mass Air-Flow Sensor

MAP - Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor

MBC - Manual Boost Controller

MIVEC - Mitsubishi Innovative Valve Timing and Lift Control

MPFI - Multi-Port Fuel Injection

MPH - Miles per Hour

MT - Manual Transmission

NA - Normally Aspirated

O2 - Oxygen

OBD-II - On Board Diagnostics II

OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

OHV - OverHead Valves

PCV - Positive Crankcase Ventilation

PSI - Pounds per Square Inch

RHD - Right Hand Drive

RRFPR - Rising Rate Fuel Pressure Regulator

RPM - Revolution per Minute

RWD - Rear Wheel Drive

SAFC - Super Air Fuel Controller

S/C - Supercharger

SES - Service Engine Soon

SFI - Sequential Fuel Injection

SMIC - Side Mount Intercooler

SOHC - Single OverHead Cam

STS - Short-throw Shifter

TB - Throttle Body

TQ - Torque

TBE - Turbo Back Exhaust

TCU - Traction Control Unit (the computer that controls the DCCD's action)

TMIC - Top Mount Intercooler

TPS - Throttle position sensor

TDC - Top Dead Center

TSB - Technical Service Bulletin

TT - Turbo timer or Twin turbo

UP - Uppipe

USDM - US Domestic Market

VIN - Vehicle Identification Number

VLSD - Viscocious Limited-slip Differential

VTEC - Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (Honda & Acura)

i-VTEC - Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control with Intelligence (Honda & Acura)

VVT-i - Variable Valve Timing with Intelligence (Toyota & Lexus)

VVTL-i - Variable Valve Timing and Lift with Intelligence (Toyota & Lexus)

WAI - Warm Air Intake (short-ram)

WHP - Wheel Horsepower

WOT - Wide Open Throttle

[CBFryman 2]

didnt even see CAI, FF, FR, MR, RR...

Cold Air Intake

Front Engine Frton Wheel Driver

Front- RWD

Mid RWD

Rear RWD

I/E/H = intake, exaust, and headers.

[Ape 0]

IAC - Idle air control valve

uhh

Rust bucket? haha

[mrray13 30]

loud pedal= throttle

one of my favorites!!

twisty thing=throttle for a cycle..

wrister= see above...

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[CBFryman 2]

TSC- Tractom Controll

Spyder Gears- Outer roatting gears in a non locking rear end

Five-O- Police, crown vic's in particular, and from what i was told was the crown vic's used to sport the mustang 5.0l engine...but that could be BS

Fart Can= Ricer exaust

im bored

[Eldorado 0]

its b.s

crown dicks never had a chance against the caprices

[Ape 0]

Five-O- Police, crown vic's in particular, and from what i was told was the crown vic's used to sport the mustang 5.0l engine...but that could be BS

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Crown vics all had a 302 in them, some contained the HO (high output) package, which was standard on all mustangs. Contained a diffent Cam, bigger injectors, higher proformence headers, different intake, and some other nick nacks.

BUT PI (Police interceptors) often contained a 5.8L 351w engine, a bigger badder motor than the mustang.

The 302 is in

Mustangs

Vics

Grand Marquis

Licoln Town cars

Used up to 92' I believe.

They came either EFI or CFI, lots have undergone a full carb conversion.