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81) JGTC - Japan Grand Touring Championship.

82) Dyno queen - big horsepower, but can't put it to use due to lack of traction, overheating, abrupt power delivery and general sloppiness.

83) Squid - an individual with very few redeeming qualities; a suckbag.

84) Blown - equipped with forced induction, usully a supercharger. Also, the catastrophic end result of what can happen to an engine if it is improperly equipped with forced induction.

85) Shallow stage - drag racing technique of staging such that the stage beam is barely tripped by the front tires. This technique allows slightly lower E.T.s since the run does not officially begin until the stage beam reconnects a foot later. In essence, shallow staging allows fractionally more acceleration before the run officially starts.

86) Power-to-weight - ratio of grunt to flab.

87) Nitrous oxide - oxygen-rich gas sprayed into the intake manifold to provide more power. It works by dissociating into nitrogen and oxygen during the heat of combustion. The then-liberated oxygen marries up to fuel-of which you remembered to also inject additional amounts-to provide more bang.

88) +1 - an increase in wheel diameter of 1 inch over stock.

89) +2 - an increase in wheel diameter of 2 inches over stock.

90) K&N - popular manufacturer of air intake filters, originally for motorcycles in 1967, now supplying air filters for 80 percent of the world's off-road vehicles. Named for founders Ken Johnson and Norm McDonald.


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