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10th Dec, 2007 at 12:24:07am

Hi,
[helpful] I remember a French guy asking about an acronym on here a few weeks ago, could we have a sticky in beginners tech with them all listed for new/foreign peeps? [/helpful]
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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10th Dec, 2007 at 12:46:02am

Lets see how many you can come up with*wink*

Starter for 100

EGT
WBO2
TPS
CLT
IAT
MAT
MAP
MAF
AFR
PSI
KPA
MM
SU
BP
AR
CR
FD
CO
HC

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 Is it A-Series only? I think it should be...
So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'...


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10th Dec, 2007 at 12:48:31am

how about the most famous one?


BAC

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10th Dec, 2007 at 07:53:06am

EGT - Exhaust Gas Temperature
WBO2 - Wide Band Oxygen Sensor / Gauge
TPS - Throttle Position Sensor
CLT -
IAT -
MAT - Manifold Air Temperature
MAP - Manifold Air Pressure or the Matrix within and ECU
MAF - No idea what it stands for but it's to do with air flow
AFR - Air Fuel Ratio
PSI - Pounds Per Square Inch
KPA -
MM - Millimetre
SU - Skinner Union (carb company)
BP -
AR - Again can't remember what it stands for but in a nut shell the size of the turbo
CR - Compression Ratio
FD - Final Drive
CO -
HC -
WTO - Wide Open Throttle
TBASE - Tuning BL's A Series Engine (aka the Yellow Book)
MSA - Motor Sport Association
BAC - Bloke's A Cabbage

[EDIT] I got MAP slightly wrong see Gav's response below for the correct definition [/EDIT]

Edited by Rob H on 10th Dec, 2007.

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10th Dec, 2007 at 08:08:59am

Hi,
CLT - Coolant Temperature Sensor
IAT - Intake Air Temperature Sensor
KPA - Kilo Pascals (Pressure)
MAF - Mass Air Flow Sensor
MAP - Manifold Absolute Pressure
BP - Back Pressure?
AR - Area / Radius????
CO - Carbon Monoxide
HC - Hyrdo Carbons
Here's my additions ...
NoX - Oxides of Nitrogen
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IIRC - If I Remeber Correctly
EGBP - Exhaust Gas Back Pressure
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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10th Dec, 2007 at 08:12:53am

BP: British Petroleum

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Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.

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10th Dec, 2007 at 09:21:38am

thoughtt it was "Beyond Petroleum"?
oh well.

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10th Dec, 2007 at 09:44:47am

watch out Veg. They are only called BP these days, and may well sue you *wink*

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10th Dec, 2007 at 09:52:04am

Check this site.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/

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10th Dec, 2007 at 03:05:18pm

LSA - Lobe Separation Angle.
LCA - Lobe Centreline Angle.

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Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

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10th Dec, 2007 at 04:12:51pm

thought bac ment something else... something abit rude, but also here is another bac

BAC- Bypass Air Control isent that the valve that stops pre ignition by utterly leaning out the fuel ratio? or am i being a twit?

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OMG Robert that's a big one


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10th Dec, 2007 at 07:56:58pm

Hi,
Yes it does mean something a bit ruder, Rob's being polite *wink*
Bypass Air control - Controls idle speed as it varies the amount of air bypassing the throttle plate.
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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11th Dec, 2007 at 12:19:02am

bobfoc

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11th Dec, 2007 at 07:53:41am

ANNUS

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11th Dec, 2007 at 09:28:53pm

Yep AR is area/radius your forgetting lol- laugh out loud and pmsl piss myself laughing :)

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11th Dec, 2007 at 10:14:42pm

Hi,
ROFLAO - Rolling Around on the Floor Laughing My Ass Off *wink*
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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11th Dec, 2007 at 10:20:55pm

On 11th of Dec, 2007 at 12:19am joeybaby83 said:
bobfoc


She works in my office.

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12th Dec, 2007 at 02:40:35pm


On 11th of Dec, 2007 at 07:53am Jay#2 said:
ANNUS


Another
Newbie
Not
Understanding
Stuff

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