Glossary: Jargon

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4+3
ABS
A/C
Air conditioning.
A.I.R.
Air Injection Reactor.
A-Pillar
ASR
Autocrossing
Barker, Alan
Basket Case
BBC
Big Block Chevy See also: Big Block, SBC
Benchmark
Big Block
See also: BBC
Big Tank
Black Hills
Black Widow
Bloomington
Blue Flame
Body Off
Bolt On
Bose
Bowling Green
B-Pillar
Bucket
Bullet
Buzzer
C1
First-generation Corvette, from 1953.
C2
Second-generation Corvette. See also: Sting Ray
C3
Third-generation Corvette. See also: Stingray
C4
Fourth-generation Corvette.
C5
Fifth-generation Corvette.
C6
Sixth-generation Corvette, from 2005.
Callaway Twin Turbo
Carlisle
Casting Number
CERV
Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle
Challenge Cars
Chevrolet
Collector Edition
Convertible
See also: Roadster
Corvette
See also: Vette
Coupe
Cypress
Disc Brake
Doghouse
DR1
Drum Brake
Duntov
Elephant Ears
Flint, Michigan
FOA
Factory Optional Accessory
Fuelie
GM
Gold Line
Gold Spinner
Golf Certified
Gymkhana
King of the Hill
See also: ZR-1
Knock Off
Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennesee
KPH
kilometers per hour
L48
L81
L82
L98
LPO
LT1
LT4
LT5
Mid Year
MPH
miles per hour
Multiport
NCCC
NCM
National Corvette Museum
NCRS
NOS
Numbers Match
Over the Counter
Pace Car
Pilot
Prefix
Redline
Maximum RPM for an engine. Because an engine can damage itself it exceeds the redline, there is usually a fuel cutoff implemented just above the redline.
Red Line
Replacement
Roadster
See also: Convertible
RPO
Regular Production Option
SBC
Small Block Chevy See also: BBC, Small Block
Selective Ride
Side Pipes
Silver Anniversary
Small Block
TODO See also: SBC
Solid Axle
Split Window
Stingray
See also: C3
Sting Ray
See also: C2
St. Louis
STR
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (a.k.a airbag).
Suffix
Survivor
Teak
Tele
Tonawanda
Top Flight
Torque
TPI
T-Top
V6
V8
Vette
See also: Corvette
Vettefest
VIN
ZR-1
See also: King of the Hill