Hot-Rod "ism's"

[Damn True]

Thought it might be fun to catalog some of the odd coloquialisms that exist in Hot-Rodding.

Heck, I think the term "HOT-ROD" itself qualifies.

One of my favorites:

"Runs like a raped ape." or "Runs like a stripe'ed a$$ed ape."

The imagery always kinda makes me laugh.

What are your favorites?

[BA.]

"peg-leg rearend" always struck me as an odd analogy. Understood though.

[Benoit23]

I always heard the "Runs like a spotted ape".

[BonzoHansen]

The term "bench racing" comes to mind. Nice way to say "BSing and boasting"

[protour73]

"deep into the lights"

"plenty of horses"

"hit the hooks/binders"

the one that always bothered me was "dizzy" in place of distributor....

[6'9"Witha69]

3/4 race cam

[Norm Peterson]

"chopped and channelled"

"Z'ed"

"suicide doors"

"short times"

"big end"



Norm

[project hotrod]

"mile n hour"

"spraying xxx shot" (always sounder odd to me)

"hair dryer"

"huffer"

"suicide front end"

"bobbed"

"frenched"

"shaved"

"whoa pedal"

"sneeze"

"one wheel peel"

"layin frame"

"squeeze"

"camel hump heads"

"3 on the tree"

"mouse motor"

"rat motor"

"pizza cutters"

"I'd rather be blown than injected" (not funny)

[gordonquixote]

"You could shower down going 65 and spin the tires all day long....."

"Wheels bigger than 15" belong on a covered wagon"

"How much you want for it"

[rob07002]

"pair of hair dryers"

N20
"spray it"
"crazy on the junk
"on the juice"

"You can't polish a turd"
"10 footer, 20 footer"
"big house"
"crop dusted the big end on the track"
"traps"

[KevMc]

I work in a speed shop, if I hear one more person call nitrous "Naws" I may go postal. And yeah, people still come in looking for 3/4 race cams.
Me and the other counter guy keep a list:
Crowl Induction scoop (cowl induction)
Skributer (distributor)
MDS box (any MSD ignition box)
Calibrated hose (braided line, like Earls etc.)
Fool Pump
And everyone needs a 750 double pumper.

[project hotrod]

I work in a speed shop, if I hear one more person call nitrous "Naws" I may go postal. And yeah, people still come in looking for 3/4 race cams.
Me and the other counter guy keep a list:
Crowl Induction scoop (cowl induction)
Skributer (distributor)
MDS box (any MSD ignition box)
Calibrated hose (braided line, like Earls etc.)
Fool Pump
And everyone needs a 750 double pumper.

Too many years in the aftemarket checking in.

Man, some people destroy brand names and parts.

"Yeah, I gotta 350 four bolt outta truck"

"Eldenblook" instead of Edelbrock

"Yeah I need some ARP head bolts" Not A-R-P

"I'd like to tub my 13 second car out"

"I wanna tunnel ram with dual CLODS"

"I wanna a gear drive for the sound it makes"

"I wanna beat Mustangs and Camaros"

"I got a Chevy 350 big block"

"I want my car to sound like a Mustang"

"Yeah I wanna set of Flow daddys (Flowmasters) for my Cutlass"

[rocketman]

on the bottle

[buickfunnycar.com]

all motor,no spray.

loud pedal.

[GBodyGMachine]

El-Da-Brock
Edelbrock

[Paul_J]

It'll run 10s

"Stab and steer" Think AC Cobra....

It's "Blue Printed" Usually comes right after the 3/4 race cam statement.

Three Angle Valve Job. Shouldn't they all be at a minimum?

and yes, I've heard El-Da-Brock too many times to count. Good one.

[James OLC]

good one I heard recently - "A nine iron" as in "that car is a nine iron"... perfect from a hundred yards.

or was that about a girl?... either way, still works.

[Damn True]

Rather than the annoying mondegreens how bout we stick with the colloquial terms unique to the Hot-Rod lexicon.

The stuff that when you say it, the folks in your office have to ask, "a what?"

[J-Rod]

I've always chuckled at 'butt dyno'.

[Scatpack]

Loud Pedal

Boot 'er

but I really like the "one wheel peel" or the "one tire fire"

[bigvegan]

This may be more a Southern thing, but I think the term "go button" for gas pedal is a good one.

[nowukno]

"All 8 candles lit"
Hat (blower cover)

[Kenova]

"It'll buff out"

two door post (sedan)

blow the doors off

in the rhubarb (ditch)

Ken

[GBodyGMachine]

In the rhubarb??
Interesting

[justanova]

I've hears so many over the years from my dad/uncles/brothers etc.... some are hot rod "isms" and some are trucker slang, but could crossover. these are just a few that come to mind.


"to the wood"
"chrome dont getcha home"
"the big hole" (high gear)
"stir stick" (shifter)
"font half/big end"
"quadra-junk, or quadra-flush" (I still like them anyway)
"engine house"
"in the weeds"
"large by huge"
"stroked and poked"

[Van B]

How about "ran it out the back door" from the old days when the speed traps were beyond the finish line at the drag strip. You would "run it out the back door" when trying for a good top speed.

[TonyHuntimer]

How about long block and short block. Non car people haven't a clue about the two.

And how about "rub it out"?

And my old Oval window bug had "Porsche Nip's".

Tony Huntimer
RaceHome.com

[HOOLIGAN]

"Built to the Hilt!!!"

[wedgehead]

six pack
What does it 60 ft
toenail marks in the radiator (one of my favorites)
pill it till you kill it
on the bumper
I am with you on going postal with the NAWS
Kinda fun to educate them on the 3/4 cam history

[CarlC]

Pro-Touring.

[Boesch]

Nosed and decked
Duece

[protour_chevelle]

walkin' (as in walkin on a car in a race)

rowin' in

[chicane67]

Some old... and some new...

"Two and the move"
Back seat bingo
Quadra-bog
In the weeds
Lettuce picker
Bent eight
Great white dyno
Balonies
Zoomy
Woodie
Stove bolt
Squirrels on crack
Jugs
Huffer
S.T.O.P.
Checkbook writer
Pro Bling
Owned
Five point slow
Five point Mo
Five point Bro
Five point slope
From a roll
Broke him off

[class67]

How about "boat anchor" (refering to some motors) or "whata F**k pyle" (newer slang for piece of junk).

[Roadbuster]

Just a few (don't know if these all apply)


11/10 "eleven tenths"
Drop anchor
Hauling a$$
Stand on it
corners like it is on rails
Four on the floor (and one more)
- I guess we could use "and two more" for all the 6 speed gear boxes
In the weeds

[406 Q-ship]

up on the tires (the southern version "Up on da tars")
up on the limiter
catch the gear
stepped on it
two and the wiggle
chase is a race
ported and relieved

[LowBuckX]

Moon Shot (wheelie)
opening the back (or barn) doors (Flooring a Q-jet)
Puttin it to the wood

Thumb Tuner (you know the guy who gets under the hood and revs the crap out of it and shuts the hood back like he did something)

Took that turn like a sprint car

Fogging for mosquitoes (could be a rich mix,oiling down the track or coolant leak)

Death smoke-rattle-knock

Running Fat/ Pig Rich

[GRNOVA]

Just said this recently

"Blown/stroker"

[touronhold72]

A street racer's creed:

"Run what you brung"

[shortrack]

on the 3/4 cam thing.......unfourtunately again Im old enough to remember, but in the mid 70s in my teens my buddy worked in a speed shop, we'd pour over the catalougs for hours.....back in those days there were only two cam companies Isky and Crane and they didnt "name'' their cams and each only had 3 to choose from for a particular motor!.....so to make it easier than quoting lift and duration specs you had "stock", 1/4 or "a little hotter" would be like an RV towing cam today, 3/4 would be like a Magnum or "street /strip" today and full race would be their hottest cam for sure mechanical.

its cool talking about these old terms.

question - what is "relieved"....is that a flathead thing??

[Tony_SS]

Lol @ RV/Towing Cam

[GRNOVA]

Corner carver
tubbed
back/halved

[Ummgawa]

That Motor has got 'the whole nine yards" in it.

Runs like a scalded dog.

That car was rougher than a night in jail.

[Nine Ball]

stomp the loud pedal

gas, cash, or ass, nobody rides for free

get in, shut up, and hold on

sleeping on the tree

rides like a covered wagon

four on the floor

bet ya can't grab a $20 off the dash when I floor it

horsepower = cubic dollars

rat and mouse

horsepower in a bottle

[Norm Peterson]

question - what is "relieved"....is that a flathead thing??
Yup.

http://www.35pickup.com/mulligan/port.htm

Norm

[whitess]

Not specifically "hot rod" terms but car related. Anyone who worked in a shop in the 70's will remember these. :)
Knutson valve
Muffler bearings
Henway
Need to rotate the air in the tires

[shortrack]

Yup.

http://www.35pickup.com/mulligan/port.htm

Norm

cool thanks!.......I never knew what that was

[BADNBLK]

Weed burner exhaust - turn downs before axle.

[Mike Holleman]

All these posts and no one used "Sleeper". My favorite kind of build. And I believe "relieved" was the term for clearancing valves. Another is "fly cut".
Mike

[CHILI442]

Hanging out the laundry (pulling the parachute)

[70bird]

Pulling a "Rockford" (180* turnaround at speed)

[scogin918]

I work in a speed shop, if I hear one more person call nitrous "Naws" I may go postal. And yeah, people still come in looking for 3/4 race cams.
Me and the other counter guy keep a list:
Crowl Induction scoop (cowl induction)
Skributer (distributor)
MDS box (any MSD ignition box)
Calibrated hose (braided line, like Earls etc.)
Fool Pump
And everyone needs a 750 double pumper.

Dude, I worked at the Super Shops down here in Charleston a while back and I can't tell you how many times I heard someone wanting a new "skributer". Too funny.

We had a guy down here they called MSD. I'll let you figure out why.

[rq375]

single wing
hauls the mail
hauls balls
runs balls out
its got nitro (prior to NAWZ)
dead hook
nosed & decked
wood it
leg burners
laker pipes
cheater slicks

[Munster]

Suckin vinyl
Seat of the pants
Peelin out
Burning rubber

New wave term.....Fart Can......usually hanging out the back of a beat up rice burner :squint:

Van era... If this vans a rockin dont bother knockin

Times past.................... *ss, gas, or grass, nobody rides for free.

[trapin]

I don't know if this was nationwide or just a local thing but here in the Detroit area we refer to nitrous as "The Pill". Also, a person who tries to pass their car off as a Hot Rod when it is clearly not is referred to as a "Stroker" or "Stroke Boy" derived from the idea that, that person must be stroking themselves if they think it's a Hot Rod.

"Haul the mail" is another favorite.

[cantvalve16]

Boilin' or fryin' the hides
roast em
get em in second
barked the tires
burped the tires
gettin' all the smoke outa the tires
Laying drag (gotta ticket for that once)
layin' stripes
makin' smoke
doin' donuts
burnout
gettin' on it
wind it out

These are some of the ones I heard in High School in regard to spinning the tires faster than the car is moving or retreating quickly from doing the former.

[6'9"Witha69]

Brodies!!

[shortrack]

Brodies!!

Ive heard that for years in SoCal mags......what is that anyway.?


Couple from up here:

let er' eat!
give er' berries........they both mean the same btw
nitrous can be referred to as "the squeeze"

[shmoov69]

chilli beat me, but

Droppin the laundry
It's rougher than a two dollar whore
Stick it to the wood
Hairdryers
Juice
4 port
Hammer down
20 footer

I'm sure I'll think of more!!

[bobbaganoosh]

And yeah, people still come in looking for 3/4 race cams.
Crane made a hyd. cam for the sbc that actually said "3/4 race cam" on the end of the box. I don't work in the industry anymore so I don't know if they still do, but up until a few years ago it was still being made. It was always funny to have an older guy come in & say "Gimme a 3/4 race cam for a small block shivvy", and I'd give them one. They'd plop the cash down & leave without asking specs, looking at the cam card or anything.

[yellowrallys]

Anybody ever had a "three hole Buick", or for the elite crowd, perhaps a "four hole Buick" depending on the front fender trim.

Man, dat homey got himself a 3 hole Buick!

Yes, it's fast...no, you can't drive it.

[shortrack]

Crane made a hyd. cam for the sbc that actually said "3/4 race cam" on the end of the box. I don't work in the industry anymore so I don't know if they still do, but up until a few years ago it was still being made. It was always funny to have an older guy come in & say "Gimme a 3/4 race cam for a small block shivvy", and I'd give them one. They'd plop the cash down & leave without asking specs, looking at the cam card or anything.

if you look up sbc in the Crane website it is still listed........

[Van B]

Anybody ever had a "three hole Buick", or for the elite crowd, perhaps a "four hole Buick" depending on the front fender trim.

Man, dat homey got himself a 3 hole Buick!

Yes, it's fast...no, you can't drive it.

Speaking of Buicks, ever have a "deuce and a quarter"?

Oh yeah, and I've heard the term "full house" before I assume relating to the engine, but never quite understood what it meant. Old school 50's or 60's?

[Munster]

Brodies!!

I remember sittin on a schwinn with a bannana seat and the freinds sayin, "let spin some Brodies" We probley didn't have a clue what they were, more than likely just heard the big brothers talking about them.

[Roger M]

I can remember being asked a lot back in the early 80s "You got 50s on that thing?"... (refering to the tire profile.) I had BFG Radial TA 50s (265/50/15) on my chevelle back then when a 50 series tire was considered way low profile. Thanks for all the posts. Brings back a lot of memories... 3/4 race cam.. lol

How bout 'glass packs'

[MuscleRodz]

lead sled
rock crusher
4 on the floor

[Larry Callahan]

3/4 race cam

Oh! I can't tell you how many times I heard my dad say that. LOL!

[Neil B]

Slapper Bars
Cherry Picker
Sleeper
Smack
Punched '30 Over'
Pop-Ups
Pair of Hookers
Bumpstick
Dumps
Purse
Bug Catcher
'Caged
Slammed
Tubbed
Meats
Studs
Mags
Slicks 'n Skinnies
Big 'n Littles
Steamrollers
Mickeys
G60's
Roller Rockers (my wife's favorite)

[LowBuckX]

Suck Slam Bang Blow

[GBodyGMachine]

Suck Slam Bang Blow

I always heard "Suck Sqeeze Bang Blow"

[Brandon Miller]

A guy I used to work with always poked fun at those who spun their tires in the rain. He always said "Everyone's got a hot rod in the rain." If someone was spinning their tires on dry pavement, he would make the comment, "Their momma must buy their tires."

[bbcc]

Love the guys who come in asking for dual points diss-tre-beutor, three quarter or full race came, and an Elder-brock battleship. I remember the first time I heard some of those names, I had to go over to one of the old guys (I'm only twenty now) and ask them what the heck that was. Haha.


Oh, and everyone on the planet has a balanced and blueprinted 350 chev that will yank the wheels on the street. :bsjerk:

[zerotofear]

Zero to Fear

[6'9"Witha69]

I always heard "Suck Sqeeze Bang Blow"Heard both. Both seem to have a double meaning.

[454bug]

How about:
Layin' the wood to it
Pedal to the metal
Foot on the floorboard
Flathead Mill
Port-Job
Peelin' out
Smokin' the tires
Burnout
Shiftin' and driftin'
Four on the floor, and a fifth under the seat
Flat out and flyin'
Break-neck speed
Raked
Frenched
Stick Shift
Chopped and Channeled
Balanced and Blueprinted
Jugs (cylinders)
Skins (tires)
Lead Sled
Cross-Drilled Crank
Splayed Milidon 4-bolt mains
Cammer (Overhead Cams)
Blower
Stroker
4-banger
Dual Quad
Alky
Mill (engine)
Lid (Cylinder head)
Close-Ratio Muncie
Wide-Ratio Muncie
Rock-Crusher Muncie
Dropped-Axle
Straight-Axle
Live Axle
Posi-Trac
"Locked" rearend
Cogs
Quik Change rearend
Pink Slip
Binders
Duece (1932 Ford Roadster or Coupe)
High Boy (Old cars with the fenders removed)
T/A Radials
I loved my Firestone "Parnelli Jones" tires...
Baby Moon wheels
"Smitty" mufflers (glasspack mufflers from the '50's)
"Zoomies" (I had them on my 1974 Ford F-100 pickup 1-into-4 tailpipes)
Lake Pipes
Glasspacks
Moon-Eyes Gas Tank
Rev-Kits
Dual-Point Distributors
Pete Jackson Gear Drives
Drag Pack
Skinny Minnies
Comp T/A's
and lastly, the "BONER" Mobile (Mark Matin's Viagra Ford)

REMEMBER "Shut Down" :6gears:

Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down!

It happened on the strip where the road is wide...
Two cool "shorts" standin' side by side...
Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a 413...
We're revving up our engines and it sounds real mean...
Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down!

Declining numbers at an even rate...
At the count of 1 we both accelerate...
My Stingray is light, my slicks are startin' to spin...
But the 413's really diggin' in...
Got to be cool now, power shift here we go...

The Super Stock Dodge is windin' out in low...
But my fuel-injected Stingray really startin' to go...
To get the traction I'm riding the clutch...
My pressure plate is burning and it shakes too much...

The pedals to the floor, I hear his two quads ring...
And now the 413's leads startin' to shrink...
He's got ram induction but it's understood,
I got a fuel-injected engine sittin' under my hood...

Shut it off, Shut it off, Buddy now I shut you down!!!

Shut it off, Shut it off, Buddy now I shut you down!!!

Shut it off, Shut it off, Buddy now I shut you down!!!


For your veiwing pleasure, here's the "Boys" in person...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykmekz9--t8&feature=related

:bananna2: :drive1: :git: :headbang:

[Brandon Miller]

How about:
"Big Slip" daddy...


I've heard that before but what does it mean?

[2Bad4Ya]

"Caught sleeping at the light" - My pop was fussin about my poor reaction time in front of my wife on her 1st trip to the track with us. She simply turned and asked him how could anyone fall sleep with all this noise?

[Tony_SS]

Its been mentioned a couple different ways already, but I remember it as: Ass, Grass or Cash... Nobody rides etc..

[shortrack]

I've heard that before but what does it mean?

out of the little duece coupe song I always thought it was "one more thing I got the 'pink slip daddy' meaning he owns the car.....but I could be wrong

how about "centrehead"......I always hated that

[Kenova]

how about "centrehead"......I always hated that

My Dad always used that one. Still hear it from time to time, and from younger guys.

Ken

[454bug]

Quote:
Originally Posted by 454bug
How about:
"Big Slip" daddy...


I've heard that before but what does it mean?

I stand corrected... I researched this statement online. The correct lyrics are, "I got the pink slip daddy"... referring to the fact that the owner kept his titleship papers in the glove box just in case someone wanted to race their cars for "pink slips"... whoever lost the race would lose their car...

There were so many cool "hotrod-isms" in the simple music of the 1960's...

Here's another example...

It goes something like this...

LITTLE DUECE COUPE

Little Duece Coupe, you don't know what I got...

Well, I'm not braggin' babe, so don't put me down...
But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town...
When somethin' comes up to me, he don't even try...
'cause if it had a set of wings, man I know she could fly...

She's my little Duece Coupe, you don't know what I got...

Just a "little Duece Coupe" with a "Flathead mill"...
But she'll walk a Thunderbird like she's standin' still,
She "ported and relieved" and she's "stroked and bored"...
She'll do a 140 at the "top end" floored...

She's my little Duece Coupe, you don't know what I got...

She's got a "competition clutch" with a "4 on the floor"...
and she purrs like a kitten 'till the "Lake pipes" roar...
and if that ain't enough to make you flip your lid...
there's one more thing... I got the "pink slip daddy"...

I'm "coming off the line" when the light turns green...
Well, she "blows 'em out the water" like you've never seen...
I get pushed out of shape, and it's hard to steer...
But I "get rubber in all 4 gears"...

She's my little Duece Coupe, you don't know what I got...

She's my little Duece Coupe, you don't know what I got...

She's my little Duece Coupe, you don't know what I got...

For your veiwing pleasure, here's the "Boys" in person...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1LiKpv-VfE

:git: :headbang:

[shortrack]

Oh yeah, and I've heard the term "full house" before I assume relating to the engine, but never quite understood what it meant. Old school 50's or 60's?

I always took that to mean it was a full race engine like you would find in a drag car......like 12.5 to 1s, full race cam (as opposed to 3/4 lol!) tunnel ram etc......sometimes guys would take their "full house" drag car out, slap some plates on and go match race after midnight sort of thing......you know, all hush hush

[jackfrost]

i remember the "50's" thing, referring to tire profile... when 16" wheels were big.

my friend Dave comes up with these all the time. only one I can think of off the top of my head is, "it shakes worse than a dog sh*ttin' peach pits"

[Steve68]

mat it,

drag racing term, mat it and hit the trans brake

[John McIntire]

How about the old "ricer flyby"
You know, when you drag race an import and although you have clearly won and are ahead a few hundred feet shutting down, they still feel the need to stay in it and blow past you full throttle.
I've always found that to be funny.

[CarlC]

Doughnuts

[protour_chevelle]

you said nuts!

[Damn True]

Someone above posted "brodies".

Love that.

[shortrack]

Someone above posted "brodies".

Love that.

what is one.......????

[Damn True]

another word for donuts


(or making black marks on the sidewalk in front of your neighbors house on your Schwinn stingray)

[bigvegan]

How about:
"Big Slip" daddy...


Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Miller
I've heard that before but what does it mean?


It is referring to a "Limited-Slip" differential...

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beach+boys/little+deuce+coupe_20013912.html

The line is - "There's one more thing, I got the PINK slip daddy."

Meaning that he owned the car and wasn't just borrowing it from somebody else.

I don't know what a "Big Slip" might be, unless it's something my ex-girlfriend wore under her dress.

[CliffS]

Eddies (Edelbrock heads)
Naspirated
Christmas tree
Tupperware

[6'9"Witha69]

Someone above posted "brodies".

Love that.That would be me.

[Stg1Regal]

I heard this one used buy the engine builder/machine guys ( old Dude) when I use to work for one those auto parts stores, wich was established.( ya know they had the Old School stuff stuffed in back rooms ).

"man gotta put some "Go-Go juice" in my ride"

It has stuck with me even to this day... still get weird looks when I say gotta fill er up some Go-Go Juice.

[RATT]

Stink bug stance
Drive it like you stole it

[Jim Nilsen]

This thread is great !

Here's a couple more...... some are more modern hotrod but still funny.

"Wildwood brakes" , the guy at work could never get it that the name is Willwood. I always figured he was smoking some of the Willwood weed:idea:

"That guy must be Mad at his tires", I heard this everytime someone squealed their tires from a stop light.

"Fn maniac" or "G damn idiot", my dad had that one for every car that passed him when he was speeding. When they were going too slow for him he would , "slide up behind and push em". He actually confessed one day to me that when he had his model T in his youth he came up behind a guy and started pushing him down the road :lmao: He brought road rage to a whole new level for me that day.

"Road Rager" now that's a new name for a P/T car I haven't seen.

" Thread the needle" a term for weaving through traffic. Also known as a " Traffic zipper"

When passing an "old blue hair" I have heard " See you next tuesday biotch" use as an acronym.

" Fill up the oil and check the gas"

"Get away car" term for an old Rambler or any car that smoked oil real bad .

"Muffler bearings" had a pickup with a bad muffler that really brought the sound to a reality once.

" Trust your car to the man who wears the star" Probably not a good thing in Texas anymore.

" Mustang Sally" any girl who drives like she stole it.

" Triumph oil recycling unit" term for a tray put under a leaking oil pan.

" Firechicken" this came out when they stuck the big bird emblem on Firebirds ,also known as the " Screamin chicken"

" Road Trash" what people called R/T Chargers.

" Road block" what I call cars holding up traffic. AKA , LLB left lane bandit.

" Flyin Brick" What they called Big Red in the car magazines when it went over 200mph.

" Gutless " a guy called his stock Cutlass this all of the time. AKA " Gutless Wonder"

"Widowmaker" I might have missed it but now here it is.

"Stopped by the hand of God" term used at Bonneville AKA " The wall"

My nephew has one of those "SHO police interceptors " it's a Taurus. He claims it is the ultimate modern day sleeper. but what do you expect when he has an uncle that has a
"Cormaro" :lol:

[GBodyGMachine]

How about the old "ricer flyby"

Classic, well for me at least. Sorry Old Guys!:hah:

[6'9"Witha69]

" Road block" what I call cars holding up traffic. AKA , LLB left lane bandit.My friends and I call them 'keepers of the speed'.

[RATT]

Dude, I worked at the Super Shops down here in Charleston a while back and I can't tell you how many times I heard someone wanting a new "skributer". Too funny.

We had a guy down here they called MSD. I'll let you figure out why.

The "skributer" is the thing that shoots the hot fiyah!!!

[6'9"Witha69]

How's about "flippin' a b1tch".

[moreHP]

"bumpstick" for a camshaft

[oestek]

I don't know if this was nationwide or just a local thing but here in the Detroit area we refer to nitrous as "The Pill".

Where I grew up in Chicago, that refers to the nitrous jet in the supply line. As in:

"What size pill you got in it?"
"The big one!"

Also refers to the MSD rev limiter chips, like the 9000 RPM pill.

[oestek]

Recently a racer I know couldn't get his combo to go all the way down the track without breaking something... the joke was that he had a 3/4 race cam 'cause he could only cover 3/4 of the track before breaking! A full race cam let's you finish the run!

[Jim Nilsen]

Recently a racer I know couldn't get his combo to go all the way down the track without breaking something... the joke was that he had a 3/4 race cam 'cause he could only cover 3/4 of the track before breaking! A full race cam let's you finish the run!

Sounds like he had a 3/4 race budget too, you know ,the one where you are too cheap or too broke to listen to others and not put new parts on !

[oestek]

Sounds like he had a 3/4 race budget too, you know ,the one where you are too cheap or too broke to listen to others and not put new parts on !

Funny, this one is very well financed, it was just too much power.

Actually, I'm the 1/4 race budget!

[shmoov69]

When I go to the track, my buddy always tells me to "bring a bucket"

another one is "it came from together!"

When you can't drill thru something, it is "ultranium"

When a piece is outragesouly expensive it is made of "unobtanium"

I will think of somemore later I'm sure...

[shortrack]

"go for a swim in the waves"

[RATT]

"It's got so many waves, you could surf off the side"

[carguy502]

Hey, that car is waving at you!

[Rhino]

I don't think it's been previously mentioned... but the term "All show, no go" referring to a flashy car that can't even get out of it's own way.

EDIT: I guess that's another one. :) Example: "That car's so slow, it can't even get out of it's own way"

[jackfrost]

how about flying toilets and birds?

[Munster]

(quote) I don't know what a "Big Slip" might be, unless it's something my ex-girlfriend wore under her dress.[/quote]

Ha Ha, lol
:jawdrop:

[Munster]

"Got his ass handed to him" ..................after losin a race

50's, as in 50's series tires. That brings back memories for me, of one of detroits dog days . In 1983, fresh in the military, have my own steady money for the first time. I was lookin to buy a new car, and Dodge had it...1983 Dodge Shelby Charger, not many cars then come with 50 series goodyear eagles stock. And the chrome valve cover on that 4 cylinder, WoW............. I thought it was cool.
I'm glad detroit is back, just hope it stays alive till I can buy that new Camaro:santa3:

[Rhino]

Two more that are related.

"Let it eat"; referring to standing on the loud pedal with reckless abandonment.

"It looks hungry"; A comment toward a mean looking car in which one might "Let it eat."

[Norm Peterson]

Another "oldie"

Zephyr gears



Norm

[Y-TRY]

We call car-talk: "Car-versation".

During a car-versation I also can't describe a race or how a car runs without using my hands and copious sound effects. In fact, there's more sound effects than actual words. It's usually like this:

So I went, "rreeeeeeep"
And he went, "rrrroooooowl"
But then I went, "baaaaa baaaaa baaaa"
And dude goes, "bluuuu-aaaaah"
And I was like, "cheeee-owwwwww"
Then he goes "ker-blooey pop pop pop"
Man, it was AWESOME! "

Then the guys all nod their heads and say "Wow, that's awesome. Sucks for that dude"

About then, our girlfriends lock eyes, shake their heads, and go back in the house.

[Y-TRY]

How about the old "ricer flyby"
You know, when you drag race an import and although you have clearly won and are ahead a few hundred feet shutting down, they still feel the need to stay in it and blow past you full throttle.
I've always found that to be funny.


That's the evolution of the term "loser blow-by" that we used prior to the ricer thing. Same concept, though.

This is fun..

Other terms:
"Ran and hid" like "walked him hard" but even harder
sucked the paint off
hooked hard
blew the tires
pedaled
double-clutched
chirped in 4th
the universal hot rod unit of distance measurement :"a car length"
for smaller measurements "2-fingers" Like "how much clearance between the fender and tire?"

[shortrack]

"ate him for breakfast"
or
"ate him for lunch"

when he hits the gas that car wil just "lift and seperate"

[shortrack]

We call car-talk: "Car-versation".

During a car-versation I also can't describe a race or how a car runs without using my hands and copious sound effects. In fact, there's more sound effects than actual words. It's usually like this:

So I went, "rreeeeeeep"
And he went, "rrrroooooowl"
But then I went, "baaaaa baaaaa baaaa"
And dude goes, "bluuuu-aaaaah"
And I was like, "cheeee-owwwwww"
Then he goes "ker-blooey pop pop pop"
Man, it was AWESOME! "

Then the guys all nod their heads and say "Wow, that's awesome. Sucks for that dude"

About then, our girlfriends lock eyes, shake their heads, and go back in the house.


been there......especially the last part about the girls rolling their eyes:)

[Kenova]

About then, our girlfriends lock eyes, shake their heads, and go back in the house.
A quarter century ago , when I was still single, My wife-to-be and her niece (who married a friend of mine) went to a beginners auto course at the local college. They weren't expecting to be learning how to build cars, they just wanted to know what the hell we guys were talking about.
It didn't help. :lmao: :lmao:

Ken

[Rhino]

So I went, "rreeeeeeep"
And he went, "rrrroooooowl"
But then I went, "baaaaa baaaaa baaaa"
And dude goes, "bluuuu-aaaaah"
And I was like, "cheeee-owwwwww"
Then he goes "ker-blooey pop pop pop"
Man, it was AWESOME! "


When you think about it; it is kinda sad that this makes complete and total sense :)

[CarlC]

Neckers knob.

[BuddyP]

"Lay some brodies"

"burn your bisquits"

"All throttle, no bottle"

"Kanooter valve"

"muffler bearings"

[Tony_SS]

Blinker Fluid

[70bird]

Piston return springs

[Kenova]

Here's one from my dear old Dad, when commenting on someones ability to drive, or lack there of.
" That guy couldn't drive a wooden stake up a dead pig's arse! "

Ken

[Jim Nilsen]

Rubberneckers

I heard that one in the car yesterday when we went by a crash.

[Dave 70]

Can't find it GRIND IT ---------SHOTGUN!!!

Lets cruise the gut

[motorheadmike]

"Pro-Touring" :poke:

[novanutcase]

"Pro-Touring" :poke:

LOL! I'll give ya that one!:rotfl:

John

[class67]

Hotter than a three dollar pistol

[shortrack]

Can't find it GRIND IT


ahhhhhh yes.....how could we forget.:cool:

[shortrack]

how about "plain Jane" with ''taxi cab" or "dog dish" hubcaps

and "powershift" or "speedshift"

and my fav......"dingleballs"!

[Bow Tie 67]

Hope I did not miss these:

" reverse drop " the only way I could get my first car to smoke'm <<<<< ha there's another.

" 3 angle " as in ( valve job ) <<<<<<<<<< Hmmm I guess thats one too.

" Full Roller " roller motor ie: cam and rockers

" Punch-it " maybe a repeat

[70bird]

When describing a used car with old worn out tires:

"Its got a fresh set of "Maypops"

[PhillipM]

Scoop the loop...

For all you Des Moines Iowa guys.

[jvtex]

Street racers....
"Wanna run for Pinks?" (hate that one)

When someone crashes...
"Ran out of Talent" (one of my Favorites)

When working on your buddy's car and things just aren't going well.
"Well, It aint my car..." (Second Favorite)

When Police have someone pulled over.
"He's got a customer..."

-joel

[eldogg]

Pull it in low and put it to tha flo.
Turn the jug on (nitrous)
Spray it to death.
Flippin the breather!!!