Art & Inspiration Speaking in code

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It seems to me that the manufacturers were in a "cubic Inch" war where they had to do one better than the next.

Very interesting!

 

This might just be me, but when people ask my to Pick a random number, I always end up with a number that relates to cars.

340
350
354
316
4.11
331
Etc.

Is this only me?

 

No, I do that, too. Had a new electronic control board for one of the building systems installed, and my (female) boss asked what password I had assigned. Told her it was based on the cubic inches and # of cylinders of an easy to remember engine size, got the predictable eyeball roll routine. Hey, at least I don't have to write it down anywhere. K6

 

how about io-20-30 etc over on engine 10-20-under on cranks 10-10 and s0 on for bearings

 

161 F-head ???? Any takers? It's American made. Here's a hint: TOLEDO.

 

The Missouri Department of Transportation built three new bridges on I-49 in Cass County a few years ago. They were easy to remember: one was at 283rd Street, another at 307th Street and the last at 327th Street.

 

Went to Napa and asked the kid behind the counter for a set of points for a 283. He asked, " Is that a 6 cyl?"
I thought everybody knew what a 283 was.
His response might not be so unusual today, but it was 1978.

Burned my ass on a 6013 once!

 

Okay you got me, whats a 6013? Is it a good story?

 

Hahaha... best way for me to remember anything is to assign it to a cars "special" numbers!

 

1929 - 35-A - 5.50x18 - 340 - 340-CH-8A - 904 - 8-3/4 - 4-11- 7.50x18

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Welding rod.

 

Here's a 3100:

 

Dosen't sound nice at all.

I drop the "fag" a couple of time, under my own ass when welding inside a large pipe, aka tower for a Wind turbine.

We usualy went with
5305
4616
Femax

And the all hurt like hell

I thaught it was an engine/car/truck/train, where the deal ended up costing you alot. LOL

Thats a nice 3100, all though I'm no patina guy.
I want my truck brush painted, apose to rusted. But we don't get nice surfacerust, we got rusted in the ground.

 

Ever go to fill the gas tank and top it off until it spills just to get a price or quantity number you like???

 

It's a 427 porcupine semi Hemi dual quad tunnel rammed knife edged stroker crank with forged pop ups and a wild bumpstick. 3 finger clutch in a can with an M22 rock crusher and a Detroit locker in a narrowed 9 inch wit 10.00-15 pie crusts.

 

10-4

 

Runs deep in the 9's

 

6 71

The code is embedded a little deeper when it comes to Diesel engines identified by the number of cylinders followed by the displacement per cylinder.

 

Beachwood45789 for us older guys

 

Jenny I've got your number...

 

1) 254
2) 260, Early SBF
3) 265, First SBC 1955-56
4) 273
5) 283, SBC 1957
6) 289, SBF
7) 292, Ford Y-Block or Chevy Six
8) 302, SBF or SBC (67-69 Camaro z28's)
9) 303
10) 312, Ford Y-Block
11) 324
12) 326, Pontiac
13) 327, my favorite SBC, also Kaiser (Jeep)
14) 348, First Chevy "W" block, 1958?
15) 350, SBC, Olds, Pontiac, Buick...
16) 352, Ford FE
17) 354
18) 360, Ford FE, Dodge SBChry
19) 390, Ford FE, Cadillac
20) 394, Early Hemi
21) 396 BBC
22) 400 SBC, Pontiac, Ford
23) 401, Buick
24) 409, Chevy "W" Block 1962?
25) 413
26) 425
27) 426 Legendary Hemi
28) 427, BBC, Ford FE
29) 428, Ford FE
30) 429, Ford FE
31) 430
32) 440, BBChry
33) 442, Olds "Cutlass" - 4bbl, 4speed, Dual exhaust
34) 454, BBC
35) 455, Buick, Pontiac, Olds big boy
36) 460, Ford Big
37) 472
38) 318, Dodge V-8 (started mid 50's?)
39) 307, Chevy SBC 1969
40) 304, Jeep AMC
41) 235, Chevy Stovebolt 1952 - 1963
42) 225
43) 389, Pontiac

 

Helped you on a few of them... Just unsure of #42.

 

429 is a 385

 

BR549

 

The wife said ''did you really tell our son to screw his pet cock into the bunghole?!?''

 

When talking to someone you don't know about specifics an amatuer will call 4.250 as 'four point two five' and old pro will say '4 dot two fifty' - that immediatly tells the guy on the other end just who he is dealing with, especially if a telephone call. You get on the phone to a machinest and tell him the bore out to be 'four point one two five' and you'll hear a brief silence on the other end while the macinest re-evaluates just whom he is talking to.

 

Great subject! You can tell the car guys pretty quick. I was at a car show at Jack Murphy stadium with my avatar and a guy asked me about the drivetrain in my truck. I said "its a '70 .030 over 429 with a toploader 4 speed and a 9" with 3.73s". He said "Huh?" I had to translate for him.