Automotive terms/abbreviations/definitions
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WOT - Wide Open Throttle | WOT - Wide Open Throttle | ||
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| + | ==British to American== | ||
| + | Around the world there are some differences in the words used to describe things in the automotive field. | ||
| + | *Accumulator = battery, car battery | ||
| + | *Bonnet = hood | ||
| + | *Boot = trunk | ||
| + | *Dynamo = generator | ||
| + | *Earth wire = ground wire | ||
| + | *Follower or tappet = lifter (tappet also used in the US, mostly in reference to the type of cam, i.e. "flat tappet"). | ||
| + | *Harmonic balancer/damper = crankshaft pulley | ||
| + | *Inlet manifold = intake manifold | ||
| + | *Lorry = truck | ||
| + | *Number plate = license plate | ||
| + | *Petrol = gasoline | ||
| + | *Saloon = "sedan" or 4-door car | ||
| + | *"Semi" = duplex, duplex house; U.S. "semi" = tractor-trailer truck rig | ||
| + | *Windscreen (automotive) = windshield | ||
| + | *Wing (older vehicles) = fender, bumper | ||
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| + | [http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/index.htm Dictionary of Automotive terms] | ||
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| + | [[Category:General hotrodding]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Identification and decoding]] | ||
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