Hot Rod, Custom and Dry Lakes Racing
Terminology 101 (References)

sprinkler system: Early reference to overhead valves. No longer used.

squirt brakes: Hydraulic brakes (conversion from mechanical brakes), same as juice brakes.

stacks: short, individual exhaust stacks with which no collector is used. Also could refer to the short "velocity" stacks mounted on top of carburetors.

stepped frame: frame altered in such a manner as to make a big step in the longitudinal members in order to fit over the axle, thereby lowering the frame and the body.

stick: Early slang for camshaft.

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