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Hot Rod
Feb 23, 2009 18:20:27 GMT -5
Post by jeremylangford on Feb 23, 2009 18:20:27 GMT -5
What does Hot Rod mean in terms of wiring?
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Hot Rod
Feb 23, 2009 19:07:06 GMT -5
Post by cynical1 on Feb 23, 2009 19:07:06 GMT -5
It's more of a generic term in that it refers to taking anything (car, boat, guitar, wife) from a stock condition and modifying to make it faster, louder, or whatever enhancement is needed to make it out perform its original configuration.
According to Wikipedia, the definitive source of all things in the known universe:
"Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the term "hot rod." One explanation is that the term is a contraction of "hot roadster," meaning a roadster that was modified for speed. Open roadsters were the cars of choice to modify because they were light. Hot Rod may also refer to the connecting rods, cam, or pushrods inside the engine or to the exposed frame rails of such an automobile. It has also been noted that burning out the connecting rod bearings was a very common failure mode for souped up four-cylinder Fords, particularly the Model T, and "hot rod" could refer to that phenomenon. It was adopted in the 1930s or 1940s as the name of a car that had been "hopped up" by modifying the engine in various ways to achieve higher performance.
The term can also apply to other items that are "souped up" for a particular purpose, such as "hot-rodded amplifier"."
When used in a sentence: Jeff Beck and newey likes hot rods.
Class dismissed.
Happy Trails
Cynical One
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Hot Rod
Feb 23, 2009 23:19:31 GMT -5
Post by newey on Feb 23, 2009 23:19:31 GMT -5
I don't know about Jeff Beck. However, I understand that Eric Clapton keeps a very capable '32 Deuce Coupe at his place in Columbus.
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Hot Rod
Feb 24, 2009 1:36:09 GMT -5
Post by cynical1 on Feb 24, 2009 1:36:09 GMT -5
There, just saved myself 3000 words Happy Trails Cynical One
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