Ready to relive your days as a young gearhead? Just take a run through this list of “hot rod” terms and you will be sure to visit the old days of automotive performance and customization.
A-bone: Model A Ford
- Bang Shift: To quickly shift a standard transmission
- Belly Pan: Metal sheeting underneath a street rod, to streamline the bottom of a rod
- Billet: Aftermarket dress up components usually machined out of a solid “billet” of aluminum
- Binders: Brakes
- Blown Engine: A engine that has a Supercharger
- Blower: The supercharger
- Bobbed: Shortened fenders
- Boost: The intake manifold pressure generated by a Turbocharger or Supercharger
- Boots: Tires
- Bored and Stroked: Engines that have had their cylinder walls enlarged and the crankshaft throw lengthened
- Bottom End: Refers to the lower portion of an engine and usually includes the crankshaft, flywheel, bearings and connecting rods
- Cam: Short for Camshaft, a spinning rod that opens an engines valves
- Channel: The lowering of the body in relationship to the frame rails to reduce overall height of the vehicle
- Chop: Removing a section of the roofline to reduce its height
- CID: Refers to “Cubic Inch Displacement” of an engine Read More: AutosVoice.com
