newb questions...

[305bimmer]

i search and i find out how to change these things how to fix them but do not kno what they are....

what are cams?
what are headers?
what are cats??

thanks alot
i kno im a newb...dnt flame me too much

-yannis

[328icod]

Cams = lingo for camera
Headers: those head stuff
Cats: Felines

[328icod]

The camshaft is an apparatus often used in piston engines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston_engine) to operate poppet valves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet_valve). It consists of a cylindrical rod running the length of the cylinder bank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_bank) with a number of oblong lobes or cams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam) protruding from it, one for each valve. The cams force the valves open by pressing on the valve, or on some intermediate mechanism, as they rotate

An exhaust manifold or header collects the exhaust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust) gases (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas) from multiple cylinders into one pipe.

A catalytic converter (colloquially, "cat" or "catcon") is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine). First widely introduced on series-production (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_production) automobiles in the US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA) market for the 1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) model year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_year) to comply with tightening EPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency) regulations on auto exhaust, catalytic converters are still most commonly used in motor vehicle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile) exhaust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_gas) systems. Catalytic converters are also used on generator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_generator) sets, forklifts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forklift), mining equipment, trucks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck), buses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus), trains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train), and other engine-equipped machines. A catalytic converter provides an environment for a chemical reaction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_reaction) wherein toxic combustion by-products are converted to less-toxic substances.

[328icod]

:)

[Pswirley]

The camshaft is an apparatus often used in piston engines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston_engine) to operate poppet valves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet_valve). It consists of a cylindrical rod running the length of the cylinder bank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_bank) with a number of oblong lobes or cams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam) protruding from it, one for each valve. The cams force the valves open by pressing on the valve, or on some intermediate mechanism, as they rotate

An exhaust manifold or header collects the exhaust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust) gases (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas) from multiple cylinders into one pipe.

A catalytic converter (colloquially, "cat" or "catcon") is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine). First widely introduced on series-production (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_production) automobiles in the US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA) market for the 1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) model year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_year) to comply with tightening EPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency) regulations on auto exhaust, catalytic converters are still most commonly used in motor vehicle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile) exhaust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_gas) systems. Catalytic converters are also used on generator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_generator) sets, forklifts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forklift), mining equipment, trucks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck), buses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus), trains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train), and other engine-equipped machines. A catalytic converter provides an environment for a chemical reaction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_reaction) wherein toxic combustion by-products are converted to less-toxic substances.


meh, I liked your first post better. OP feel blessed that the nightshift didnt get ahold of this post, but yeah we use a lot of slang around here. Feel free to ask and make sure you have thick skin. Its all in fun, but we like to play rough with the newbs. Welcome.

[305bimmer]

i appreciate it guys...

pswrileys whips is looking ohhh sooo freshhh

[Bluebimma]

Cams = lingo for camera
Headers: those head stuff
Cats: Felines

:rofl