Glossary of Unfamiliar Terminology

**delta|triangle** · 27-06-2007, 02:13 PM

And GTI is Grand Touring Injection. I have read that it was VW who coined the term, is that right?

very interesting thread

**PoloGTi** · 09-08-2007, 07:52 PM

Conversions:

Power:
Power (kW) = Power (HP) x 0.7457
Power (HP) = Power (kW) x 1.341

Torque:
Torque (Foot Pound) = Torque (Newton Meter) x 1.356
Torque (Newton Meter) = Torque (Foot Pound) x 0.7374

SMIC = Side Mount Itercooler
FMIC = Front Mount Itercooler
TMIC = Top Mount intercooler

**Soundofav6** · 09-08-2007, 08:27 PM

Interesting and essential thread.. good work.

I learnt a new word.
"suitcase" = mid muffler.

**DaveMack** · 11-06-2008, 11:35 AM

Bumpety bump. Instead of just posting up with items like this ... USE THE DAMNED SEARCH FUNCTION!

Dave

**DaveMack** · 14-01-2009, 03:30 PM

Bump

Thought it might be time to resurrect this ol' thing and demonstrate a bit more of my ignorance ... in other words, ask for some help with terminology definitions ... such as:

1. 'Shave' (as in 'a shaved panel').

My guess is that unwanted (or considered unnecessary) items are removed from a panel, holes are filled & sanded and a respray makes the whole thing look very smooth and uncluttered.

Any additions / alterations to that summation welcome.

Um ... I'm sure I'm far more ignorant than just that one item ... I'll have to add stuff as it occurs to me.

Dave

**gareth_oau** · 14-01-2009, 04:09 PM

ABS - most people recognise this as "Anti-skid Braking System"

however, Topgear magazine recently published that it stands for "Antiblokiersystem" (originally developed in 1929 in France for planes)