jargon

I saw these terms in the specs of an automotive review:

naturally aspirated
dry sump
locking differential
torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
two speed transfer case

Can anyone explicate?


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Rich

wrote in news:bc3cccc0-9ef5-4711-956c-
:

> I saw these terms in the specs of an automotive review:
>
> naturally aspirated
> dry sump
> locking differential
> torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
> two speed transfer case
>
> Can anyone explicate?
>
>



Why yes, Google can explicate. But I'll save you the trouble and do it for
you:


> naturally aspirated
No pesticides or other artificial substances were used for aspiration.
Also known as "organic aspiration".


> dry sump
The sum is not wet; ergo, it is dry. Dry is the opposite of wet (it's true;
I Googled to make sure of that).


> locking differential
The differential may be locked, much like a chastity belt. This is handy
when you have rivals.


> torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
The torque does the steering so you don't have to. You can doze off and let
the torque do the work.


> two speed transfer case
The transfer case has two speeds in it. They tried putting three but they
found it overflowed, so they cut back by one.


You're welcome.


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Tegger

On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:15:22 +0000 (UTC), Tegger >
wrote:

>> naturally aspirated
>No pesticides or other artificial substances were used for aspiration.
>Also known as "organic aspiration".

Your reply is ludicrous. There is no agreed upon definition of
"organic" at this time. Until your gummint sets a standard, they are
merely "claimed" organic. In fact, removing the turbo gene, in my
opinion, makes them anything but organic, and makes them GM foods - er
- engines. Or something.

You are misleading innocent posters with your hurried replies.

Bill Vanek > wrote in
:


>
> You are misleading innocent posters with your hurried replies.
>


Au contraire. I gave great thought to my misleading reply.


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Tegger

Tegger wrote:
> wrote in news:bc3cccc0-9ef5-4711-956c-
> :
>
>> I saw these terms in the specs of an automotive review:
>> torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
>> Can anyone explicate?

>
>> torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
> The torque does the steering so you don't have to. You can doze off and let
> the torque do the work.

Been there, done that. It makes for an interesting few seconds
of panic when you wake up.

On Friday, June 21, 2013 9:10:46 PM UTC-5, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> Tegger wrote:
>
> > wrote in news:bc3cccc0-9ef5-4711-956c-
>
> > :
>
> >
>
> >> I saw these terms in the specs of an automotive review:
>
> >> torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
>
> >> Can anyone explicate?
>
>
>
> >
>
> >> torque steering (to the wheels, not the steering wheel)
>
> > The torque does the steering so you don't have to. You can doze off and let
>
> > the torque do the work.
>
>
>
> Been there, done that. It makes for an interesting few seconds
>
> of panic when you wake up.

Makes sense to me.