Public Service Announcement: What MK means

[Bill_VA]

For my fellow FFR owners, I feel compelled to clear up with the "MK" means in MK3 or MK4. I've heard a lot of guys say, "I've just ordered my new "M K Four" and I want so badly to correct them, but don't want to burst their bubble (or bust their balls).

I found this definition: Mk is a written abbreviation for "mark". Mk is used to refer to a particular model or design of a car or machine."

In the Navy, our weapons were called by "MK (mark)" designations, like the MK14 torpedo.

Now you know. Carry on.

[rich grsc]

I find it depressing that it is even necessary that you need to explain it.

[j.miller]

…....Sooooooooo, Calling the "Traveling Builder" M K Dougherty is wrong...….NOT WRONG!......this is just too much !!! I need to keep drinking...

[Jeff Kleiner]

I find it depressing that it is even necessary that you need to explain it.

OK then, how about if we explain these:

It's Wilwood, not Wildwood
It's FFR, not FF5
It's caster, not castor
It's brakes, not breaks
It's toe in, not tow in

Feel free to add more ;)

Jeff

[FFinisher]

OK then, how about if we explain these:

It's Wilwood, not Wildwood
It's FFR, not FF5
It's caster, not castor
It's brakes, not breaks
It's toe in, not tow in

Feel free to add more ;)

Jeff

Funny Story... I was at SEMA One year working the booth for FFR. A young man and his apparent father came over and asked me if Jesper was around. I said "sure" I walked over and said "excuse me Jesper, these folks would like to speak to you" they exchanged niceties and I walked on to the next customer.

A little while later Jesper came over and asked if I knew who that was. I said I read his name tag it said Will Wood.

He looked at me like "duh?"

I realized is was WILL WOOD, from wilwood.!

[Jeff Kleiner]

Funny Story... I was at SEMA One year working the booth for FFR. A young man and his apparent father came over and asked me if Jesper was around. I said "sure" I walked over and said "excuse me Jesper, these folks would like to speak to you" they exchanged niceties and I walked on to the next customer.

A little while alter Jesper came over and asked if I new who that was. I said I read his name tag it said Will Wood.

He looked at me Like "duh?"

I realized is was WILL WOOD, from wilwood.!

Ron,
Speaking of SEMA, you reminded me of another one:

It's Superformance, not Superperformance

:p

Jeff

[Derald Rice]

Ron,
Speaking of SEMA, you reminded me of another one:

It's Superformance, not Superperformance

:p

Jeff

A car is for sale, NOT car is for sell.

I have decided to sell, NOT decided to sale

[JohnK]

Since we're getting technical :) it's "Mk" not "MK". It's not an acronym, so the K is not capitalized.

[boat737]

So then by that rationale, if a pig had better personality, it would cease to be a filthy animal.

[Kmcallahan]

Obviously you guys do not have anything to do. With that being said, I don’t either. I am with J. Miller, time for a drink.

[Derald Rice]

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[Garage Guy]

Since we're getting technical :) it's "Mk" not "MK". It's not an acronym, so the K is not capitalized.

Best response ever. Lol

[Garage Guy]

I sure hope that all the new people to the forum are not afraid to post their questions in fear their grammar will be critiqued. God forbid they insult everyone's intelligence because they have not been building Cobras for 10 years. Oh sorry I mean mk4s, Mk fours, ffr, mkz oh heck I'm just going to give up.

[boat737]

FFR? FF5? My vin says F5R.

[FFinisher]

FFR? FF5? My vin says F5R.

FFR is OK- this is Factory Five Racing
FF5 is not OK- this would be Factory Five 5..... Huh?
F5R is OK- This would be Factory 5 Racing.

I don't think Newbies should be afraid to post their questions for fear of criticism.

We are just having a little fun.

Couple other things.

If your left taillight comes on when you turn on the wipers. You do not need to check the firing order.

If the car was running great but stalled- You do not need to check the firing order.

[rich grsc]

If the car was running great but stalled, what should the tire pressure be?

[Jeff Kleiner]

We are just have a little fun.

Couple other things.

If your left taillight comes on when you turn on the wipers. You do not need to check the firing order.

If the car was running great but stalled- You do not need to check the firing order.

NAPA know how.

And with that, NOW we’re just having a little fun! ;) :)

Jeff

[rich grsc]

Three times the fun
127627

[RJD]

Butiful cars! At least 3X phun.

[Richard Oben]

calipers not calibers. :mad:

[Mark Reynolds]

prolly/probably

[FFinisher]

I have a new one.

Not Pax.....

Passenger....


Really??????????

[jrcuz]

Welp/Well
JR

[42Bfast]

Maybe not exactly to the Cobra theme, but mysteries of life nonetheless:
If it is a pair of pants,... why is a bra singular?
And
If the plural of foot is feet,.... shouldn’t “boots” be “beets”??
Just wondering or is that wandering?

[boat737]

...and tooth paste was invented in Indio. Had it been invented anywhere else, it would have been called teeth paste.

[NiceGuyEddie]

Tyres meaning tires and you are American.

Vibration Damper vs. Vibration Dampener

28oz Flywheel vs. 28oz Imbalance Flywheel (the flywheel doesn't weigh 1lb., 12 oz.)

factoryfive.com vs. factoryfiveracing.com

thefactoryfiveforum vs. factoryfiveforum.com

Brake Pedal vs. Brake Peddle

[ChasNMe]

drive on a parkway, park on a driveway . . . .

[WIS89]

...

If your left taillight comes on when you turn on the wipers. You do not need to check the firing order.

If the car was running great but stalled- You do not need to check the firing order.


However, if your job is delivering ordnance on target, and you didn't understand, you DO need to check the firing order!!

Just sayin' ;) ;)

Regards,

Steve

[j.miller]

….……...when you're in the Navy and Chief sends you to the machine shop for "Relative Bearing Grease" they smile and hand you a tube of KY …..Then they watch you have a mental melt down...… nevermind ,I just can't relive this moment !!!

[Avalanche325]

….……...when you're in the Navy and Chief sends you to the machine shop for "Relative Bearing Grease" they smile and hand you a tube of KY …..Then they watch you have a mental melt down...… nevermind ,I just can't relive this moment !!!

Don't forget to take some food for the shaft seal.


I don't know why, but "dizzy" for distributor bugs me.

[Avalanche325]

….……...when you're in the Navy and Chief sends you to the machine shop for "Relative Bearing Grease" they smile and hand you a tube of KY …..Then they watch you have a mental melt down...… nevermind ,I just can't relive this moment !!!

Wow. Bringing back memories. Here is my favorite.

They would send new torpedomen to the engine room with full hazmat gear and a bucket to get "reactor water" so they could test fire a "nuclear water slug". We would fill it with condensate water (nice and warm) and proceed to spill it all over them, step back and say "Oh, my GOD!"

[rich grsc]

much more

[acmikee]

bill va with your reference MK14 torpedo are you a DBF.....only a few will know what that is

[boat737]

At the airline, it was the "periscope" (map light) over the Captain's lap, for the new flight attendants to look through, or wiggle around trying to.

[TrevorP]

"diff" bugs me for differential. I always call it the "rear"

[frankb]

You guys have lost your muffler bearings!

[Avalanche325]

Differential - diff - pumpkin - rear - rear end - third member (sounds dirty) - final drive

[JohnK]

I call it the rear end because every time I say it my teenage son snickers.

[RBachman]

Engine or Motor?
Originally "engine" meant character, mental powers, talent, intellect, or cleverness. It had nothing to do with electric motors or internal combustion engines. Prior to the widespread adoption of gasoline and diesel engines, the word “engine” was used to describe things like apparatuses for catching game, nets, traps and decoys, according to Fuller.

Instrument Panel or Dash Board?
A dash board was a piece of wood that kept mud and debris from splashing on stagecoach drivers.

Battery
Battery was originally pounding a fortified wall or fortress, then became is a unit of artillery. The extension to "electrical cell" came from Ben Franklin, perhaps from the artillery sense of "discharges" of electricity. In Middle English, bateri meant only "forged metal ware." In obsolete baseball jargon battery was the word for "pitcher and catcher" considered as a unit (1867, originally only the pitcher). Hence the term "batter."

Tire
Was originally tyre, and meant "attire" iron plates forming a rim of a carriage wheel.

Brake
Is a handle or lever.

[Brian76]

Ok guys...be honest...how many of you originally called Halibrands....Halibands?!

Maybe just me:(

[Jeff Kleiner]

No, but I've seen them called "Hildibrands" which also makes me cringe.

Jeff

[Avalanche325]

Rims........

They are Wheels.

Rims are just one piece of a wheel.

[DAVID_T]

Fun fact as long as we are on service announcements.
The Mk14 torpedo was a horrible weapon, and did it's best to help the Japanese win the war.

Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ5Ru7Zu_1I

[marshc56]

Here's one I always see that gets me: duck vs duct

[jrcuz]

How about truck vs trunk.

[Jeff's First FFR]

…....Sooooooooo, Calling the "Traveling Builder" M K Dougherty is wrong...….NOT WRONG!......this is just too much !!! I need to keep drinking...

Do you need any help? Drinking, that is.

[GThompson]

The oil pans are from Aviaid, NOT Aviad (‘cept mine, I got mine from Armando, replica pan for a replica Daytona!)

Why is “bbl” the abbreviation for barrel on carbs? That one has always bugged me!

There are only 6 original Daytona coupes! The Willment, though built by John Olsen, is a British copy and is different enough to me that it should not be counted. The real Type 65 Daytona is just not a good-looking car!!! I’m sorry Peter but, even though there’s beauty in function and the big-block Type 65 Daytona is fast, compared to CSX2287 and all of her sisters, CSB3064 is just ugly.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!! And NO, it’s NOT X-mas!!!!!!!

[NiceGuyEddie]

FFR? FF5? My vin says F5R.

Mine two.

Although I positively have a break pedal and not a brake peddle. They somehow connect to my rotors (not rotas) and stop my tires and not my tyres, unless, of course I just drove to Australia. Of the two sets of tires, the rears are uge.

Yesterday I told my dad a story about fishing in the elevator.

Then we went to the park to watch the sun go down on our bikes.

I don't want to hijack this thread and make it about grammer. I'm just glad I have a driver license. And if it weren't for my Bachelors in Science degree, I wouldn't have a good enough job to pay for the Cobra in the first place!