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Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors #194255 11/23/2005 10:43 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Arkansaw 6 64fleetside Shop Shark
64fleetside Shop Shark 6 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Arkansaw	When I worked at a local machine shop, the owner(in his late 60s) always called them motors. I always understood a motor requires power & an engine makes power. Brian My \'64\'s in the Gallery Pictures in my Photobucket 1964 C10 Custom Cab 350/700R4 1964 Suburban 350/700R4 1979 Ford F350 4x4 400/c6

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why do so many refer to engines as motors	50GMC253	11/23/2005 10:01 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Jed	11/23/2005 10:08 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	tlorber	11/23/2005 10:32 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	RockyMtnStovebolt	11/23/2005 10:34 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	truckernix	11/23/2005 10:36 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	64fleetside	11/23/2005 10:43 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Sublime	11/23/2005 10:47 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	KillerKnight	11/23/2005 10:58 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	joker	11/23/2005 10:59 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	shooper	11/23/2005 11:25 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Shipwright	11/23/2005 11:42 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Truck'26	11/24/2005 12:25 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Piewagn	11/24/2005 12:37 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	joker	11/24/2005 12:45 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Fumblin46	11/24/2005 12:56 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Fumblin46	11/24/2005 1:13 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Flxible	11/24/2005 1:29 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	•/•	11/24/2005 2:58 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	BradB	11/24/2005 4:03 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	48bigtrucks	11/24/2005 4:21 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Flxible	11/24/2005 5:20 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Fumblin46	11/24/2005 5:46 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	coilover	11/24/2005 6:38 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Fumblin46	11/24/2005 4:24 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Rusty Rod	11/24/2005 5:15 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Flxible	11/24/2005 6:19 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Eric's 46	11/24/2005 6:38 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	OldSub	11/24/2005 6:43 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Fumblin46	11/24/2005 7:16 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	KillerKnight	11/24/2005 8:25 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	KillerKnight	11/24/2005 8:26 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	chevman32	11/24/2005 9:26 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	shooper	11/25/2005 1:05 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Flxible	11/25/2005 1:31 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	shooper	11/25/2005 2:26 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	4ontheFloor	11/25/2005 10:28 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Stovebold	11/25/2005 11:02 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Builder	11/25/2005 5:56 PM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	Bakerallen	11/29/2005 8:44 AM
Re: why do so many refer to engines as motors	speed 6351	11/29/2005 11:11 AM

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