It's called an ENGINE...

Ever notice how many people call an engine a "motor"...?

Who started that shit... Richard Petty...?

Motors spin your heater fan and your windshield wipers and your 8-track tape player... and the wobbly thing inside your wife's plastic boyfriend.
Engines consume fuel and air and burn it to make explosions which move a piston on a shaft to turn a crankshaft, whereby, turning reciprocation into rotational power...

...and while I'm at it...

It's called a rocker arm cover, dickhead.



JOE

 

Don't know who started it, but John Force is the biggest advocate of blown motors.

 

Ha ha.... motors run drill presses engines propell automobiles and trains.. Fuck that i got chrome valve covers on mine
Dave

 

I think my wife likes her motor better then my engine under my valve cover.

 

I agree with you Joe, I was told the difference by a bunch of hot rodders at a very early age.

 

And it's not an explosion, it's a rapid burn of the fuel.

 

They perfer native americans not injuns........... Ooops, sorry wrom injun!

 

Y-Blocks,,,Hemis,,,Olds & others.

Its a valley COVER not a valley PAN.

 

Actually it's BOTH.

An engine transforms thermal energy into motion.

A motor is anything that delivers power in a rotary motion.

 

Um... General Motors?

Motive power=motion=motor.

 

Well, here's what Dictionary.Com says about Motors and Engines:

1.mo·tor /ˈmoʊtər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[moh-ter] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1.a comparatively small and powerful engine, esp. an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.



2. en·gine /ˈɛndʒən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[en-juhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun .a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.



So both are correct terms for what power our rods. Smokey Yunick called 'em motors and that's good enough for me..

Jan

 

Thats one of my Dad's pet peeves! Everytime he hears that on TV he cringes. As he says, "The motor is what starts the engine."

 

really? how do all those diesel-electric trains work? and all those electric commuter trains?

 

Both are right but I prefer engine. Stu

 

I ain't never heard of "enginesports"....

 

Whatever. I can't wait till it's warm enough for me to ride my "engine"cycle then.
Damn people 100+ years ago callin stuff the wrong stuff, how is a young pup like me supposed to have a chance?
j

 

Maaaan..


I thought this was gonna be a useful thread-Like how to keep my Rocker Boxes from leaking earl onto the Turkey tray on my Mill....


Sheesh.

 

In the early days, automobiles were nothing more than "motorized" carriages. Not all were powered by internal combustion engines. Many were steam powered or electric powered.

My guess is that the term "motor" dates back to those days.

 

ok i wasnt counting them so i stand corrected. happy now
Jet engine
Dave

 

My Aviation Maintenance Instructor said the same thing, its one of his pet peeves. Guess I wont be riding my "engine" scooter very soon, or racin any "engine" sports with as cold as it is!! Ha ha! Its all the same.......I mean is it really THAT big of a deal? JMO of course!

 

i gots one of them engine cycles too.
Dave

 

What rocker arms!?! My Model T gow job has a valve(s) cover.

 

Yeah and this from your 4th grade teacher

"Cakes and Pies are DONE, people finish"

"It's regardless, no such word as irregardless"

"Machines GO, people SAY"

 

How many of you have a trolling motor and a boat engine...
Dave

 

them jap boat engines come into the dock in a big container and they off load em with a motor crane..
This could go on forever
Dave

 

Will you people just stop it

 

Oh, oh, here we go ...

The thing on the front of a motor; that has belt groves to drive accesories;
is a HARMONIC DAMPER; NOT a "balancer!"

This should start the shit flying!!
(we'll find out how many "motors" don't!! )

 

How many of you can tell me what a gudgeon pin is?

 

It's actually a harmonic dampener, not damper.

 

when I was about 12 I wanted to fix a remote control airplane I had salvaged. I saved my money, went to the hobby store, and asked if this motor (gas burning) could be repaired. The owner proceeded to tell me how he would not work on a MOTOR but if I had an engine to give him it would cost 700 dollars to make it run. He was quite rude to a kid who wanted to fix a plane. Needless to say, he didn't ever get any business from me.

That shop is now out of business and I can rebuild my own fuckin MOTOR. Dick.