Name that Charger

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

With the introduction of the hotside imminent, I need a name. Don't know what the prize will be yet but something good. Help me name it. Something other than Hotside.

Post the names and I'll pick a few in a week and set up a poll.

Thanks.

[Kelly]

FastSide Supercharger


Simple and to the point with a dual meaning:

"Fast" alluding to "Fast Forward".

"Fast" alluding to the huge power it can be capable of.


-Kelly

[Mathrips]

The Hottie.

[down_hill_dog]

the pingside? lol i'll be quiet now :D

[Red Lightning]

Portside...

[liddown]

The Devilside

Man it's Hot over there!

[Ronin]

If you cannot call it "hotside", how can you still call the original product the "coldside"? :)

I'd just prefer FFS hotside and FFS coldside; but then, what do I know, I am in Engineering and not Marketing........................ :wink:

[99mx5]

Names related to side of engine:
FFS FireSide, FlameSide, FireCharger, FlameCharger, BlazeCharger

FFS FreezeSide, FreezeCharger, PolarCharger, CoolCharger

Storm as synonym for charge as the model:
Polar or IceStorm for the coldside and for the hotside FireStorm.

The storm that leaves victims in its wake ;)

Charge taken for supercharger and a synonym for charge as in attack is
bolt -> FireBolt and IceBolt.

[Ronin]

Alright. Here’s the winner. I even wrote your first television commercial (well, I stole it and changed [very] few words).

Super Boost-o-Matic '06

[ open on manic Spokesman standing before his product ]

Spokesman: How many times has this happened to you? You have a Miata, and you're trying to find an exciting new way to drive it down the road. You could add some ricer taillights, fiberglass in a hood scoop, add a flame thrower, and drive your Miata as you would any other car. But why bother, now that you can use Tomco's amazing new tool, the Super Boost-o-Matic '06. Yes, Mustang-eaters, the days of troublesome ricing, glassing, and flaming are over, because Super Boost-o-Matic '06 is the tool that lets you use the gas pedal with no ping, and without ricing, glassing, and flaming.

Here's how it works: Buy a Miata, and install Super Boost-o-Matic '06. [ drops the FFS supercharger into the engine compartment ] Now, just adjust the idle and your throttle response is just the way you like it. [ turns ignition on and revs the engine ] Yes, it's that simple!

[ cut to Miata Boost-Driver on another part of the set ]

Boost-Driver: [ slams the brakes and comes to a stop ] Wow, that's terrific boost!

[ cut back to Spokesman ]

Spokesman: We've got boost here, fast and easy and ready to pour, mmm-mmm! Super Boost-o-Matic '06 comes with plug-n-play electronics, a 190 whp guarantee, and no gremlins, demons, or (especially) ELFs. With Super Boost-o-Matic '06, your Miata will work great on Mustangs, Camaros, Civics, and other vehicles.

Super Boost-o-Matic '06 - it's clean, simple, and after five or ten runs, it gets to be quite a rush! Super Boost-o-Matic '06 - you'll never have to rice, glass or flame again!

[ fade ]


For the growing number of you waaay too young to remember:
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75qbassamatic.phtml

[Red Lightning]

Are Farside or Fireside available?

[Serpico]

what about just using your initials or part of your name?

V.D.E.Supercharger
Elzencharger

for both the Cold and Hotsides...

[ThomS]

If you cannot call it "hotside", how can you still call the original product the "coldside"? :)

I'd just prefer FFS hotside and FFS coldside; but then, what do I know, I am in Engineering and not Marketing........................ :wink:

I vote for this.
Thom

[Banshee]

darkside
scream machine

"banshee" for the wail it produces.

[99mx5]

Force from forced induction:
Hot Force, Fire Force
Cold Force, Ice Force

Speed from Fast:
Hot Speed
Cold Speed

Thrust from Forward:
FireThrust
ColdThrust

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

I considered Banshee but didn't want to offend. ;)

[99mx5]

Wind for air and storm for charge
WindStorm

Then use a series to denote the model
series H or series C or something to that effect

[Banshee]

I considered Banshee but didn't want to offend. ;)

I would consider it an honor.

[Banshee]

Windforce
Hurricane
typhoon
tsuami?

[Tronman]

Ok everybody, why not just name it for what it is...

"Thermally Challenged Side"

or the "TC-SS"

[Dr Evol]

I like Banshee as well. The tag line could be somthing like "Make your car scream like a Banshee".

The downside is the definition I found for Banshee: The banshee is a creature in Irish mythology, the word being derived from the Old Irish ben síde, modern Irish bean sídhe or bean sí, "fairy woman" (bean, woman, and sidhe, being the tuiseal ginideach or possessive case of "fairy"). The sídh are derived from pre-Christian Gaelic deities.

Traditionally, when a citizen of an Irish village died, a woman would sing a lament or modern Irish caoineadh at their funeral. These women singers are sometimes referred to as "keeners". Legend has it that, for five great Gaelic families: the O'Gradys, the O'Neills, the O'Van Dan Elzens, the O'Connors, and the Kavanaghs, the lament would be sung by a fairy woman. These families had a fairy woman associated with them, who would make an appearance after a death in the family to sing this lament. Tales recount how, when the family member had died far away then the appearance or, in some tales, the sound of the fairy keener, might be the first intimation of the death.

When these oral narratives were first translated into English, a distinction between the "banshee" and other fairy folk was introduced which does not seem to exist in the original stories in their original (Irish or Scottish) Gaelic forms. Similarly, the funeral lament became a mournful cry or wail by which the death is heralded. In these tales, hearing the banshee's wail came to predict a death in the family and seeing the banshee portends one's own death.

Banshees are frequently dressed in white and often have long, fair hair which they brush with a silver comb, a detail scholar Patricia Lysaght attributes to confusion with local mermaid myths. This comb detail is also related to the centuries-old traditional romantic Irish story that, if you ever see a comb lying on the ground in Ireland, you must never pick it up, or the banshees (or mermaids - stories vary), having placed it there to lure unsuspecting humans, will spirit such gullible humans away. Other stories portray banshees as dressed in green or black with a grey cloak.

Banshees were common in Irish and Scottish folk stories such as those written down by Herminie T. Kavanagh. They enjoy the same mythical status in Ireland as fairies and leprechauns

[ThomS]

How about the FFSC-HOT

[Banshee]

What about inferno?

I guess Jihad would be too politically incorrect.
But you can unlease the jihad when that Rustang pull up beside you.

[ThomS]

What about inferno?

I guess Jihad would be too politically incorrect.
But you can unlease the jihad when that Rustang pull up beside you.

Really I think it should be named after you. so that sounds the best..

[Banshee]

Damn it, I'm going to continue to throw out names until I get my yo-yo.

[Kyp J]

Kamikaze (Divine wind)

[chuckerants]

Kamikaze (Divine wind)

I just finsihed reading Clive Cussler's "Bad Wind". There is a Japanese word that is a derivitaive of Kamikaze that was in the book, but I can;t remember it.

It's either "Bad Wind", or "Evil Wind". I wonder how that might sound?

[Dr Evol]

I think the word you are looking for is Makaze.

I love Cussler. I have read every book he has written featuring Dirk Pitt. I haven't finished Black Wind yet, just about finished. This is the first book he co-wrote with his son, Dirk.

The Kurt Austin series dosn't seem quite as good to me.

[chuckerants]

I think the word you are looking for is Makaze.

I love Cussler. I have read every book he has written featuring Dirk Pitt. I haven't finished Black Wind yet, just about finished. This is the first book he co-wrote with his son, Dirk.

The Kurt Austin series dosn't seem quite as good to me.

Hmm. Makaze just doesn't have the same flare as Kamakaze I think.

[Dr Evol]

I agree, it sounds like a spanish dish made with corn :roll:

[Kyp J]

I agree, it sounds like a spanish dish made with corn :roll:

I think that is "Jicama Kaze" (J is pronounced like H just in case some non Hispanic oriented folks out there. It is a root sort of like a potato.)

[tommyo]

My vote is also for Banshee

[down_hill_dog]

how about "opposite side" 8)

[ThomS]

WEll Tom are you getting any closer to finding a name for the hot side yet?

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

For the guys at CARB, they are CS and HS. :)

I still lean towards Banshee for one or the other. Probably the coldside. We could always call the hotside "Shrill Shill". ;)

[ThomS]

I like Banshee and Shrill Shill sounds good. I know Chuck will like that.
Both guys should be honored.

[Banshee]

What about Shriller? Rolls off the tongue a little easier.

[Dr Evol]

Here are some names based on the wind:

Diablo - Northern California version of Santa Ana winds. These winds occur below canyons in the East Bay hills (Diablo range) and in extreme cases can exceed 60 mph. They develop due to high pressure over Nevada and lower pressure along the central California coast. (NWS San Francisco Glossary)

Boreas - A ancient Greek name for north winds. (also borras) The term may originally have meant "wind from the mountains" and thus the present term BORA. (Glossary of Meteorology)

Cyclone - A severe tropical storm (i.e., winds >64 knots) in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. See also Hurricane and Typhoon. The term is also applied to closed circulations in the mid latitudes and also popularly to small scale circulations such as tornadoes.

And my favorite - Williwaw - A sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea, in the Strait of Magellan or the Aleutian Islands.

[chuckerants]

I like Banshee and Shrill Shill sounds good. I know Chuck will like that.
Both guys should be honored.

As much I'd love to be immortalized, I like Banshee better.

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

You will be immortalized whether you want it or not. As sure as I am that my headstone will say "Here lies Mr. Abrasive", I am sure yours will read "Here lies the FFS Shrill Shill". :)

[chuckerants]

You will be immortalized whether you want it or not. As sure as I am that my headstone will say "Here lies Mr. Abrasive", I am sure yours will read "Here lies the FFS Shrill Shill". :)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[ThomS]

I like Banshee and Shrill Shill sounds good. I know Chuck will like that.
Both guys should be honored.

As much I'd love to be immortalized, I like Banshee better.

Besides Chuck it seems like he is going to give both SC a name. the cold side and The new Hot side. SO see take that.

Signed Black cloud

[99mx5]

Fast Forward... to move forward faster...

FFS "Advance"?

[pumpkin]

I didn't want to read thru 5 pages of suggestions and banter, with my dial-up, so I'll just suggest my name in the hopes of it not being mentioned yet.

I'd call it "RightSide".

JD

[mashfoot]

Newby lurker looking forward to his a new "Skookumcharger" as soon as I find a deserving ride (need NB with A/C and LS). Prices up here in Canukistan are plain silly so looking to import from US. "have car will slide"

Word origin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skookum

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

Neat name. When I first read it all I could think of was L'il Abner. Seems to me that name was used there too? Maybe there is someone here old enough to confirm?

Hope you find a ride soon. They are too much fun to not have.

[mashfoot]

Tom
I currently have a '00 silver NB, but it's not equipped in a way that I'd want to spend major $ upgrading. It's in great mech shape, and has the hard top but lacks AC and LS (as well as some other desired farkle). I've upgraded the wheels, tires, springs, and shocks - as well as adding cruise and a number of other minor mods. All this is easily transferred to a new ride since I'll return this one to stock for sale. My plan is to find a loaded NB in the US and should be able to do it at little additional cost given the current US/Cdn price differential.

I'd add the CS right now, except there might be compatability issues as I'm not sure if the new ride will be a 99/00 or 01/05 yet. BTW if anyone out there knows of a good LS, SE, or other suitably equipped NB out there, please PM me...

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

I am partial to my 99 10AE for having all the goodies. However, with the PC-Pro in the 05, it is now a really sweet ride. The seats in my 10AE are comfortable enough to make the 2100 miles in 36 hours a bearable trip. I have done that several times. Even with the JICs, it is still comfortable.

[Banshee]

Is it to soon to call it CARBside?

[ThomS]

I am partial to my 99 10AE for having all the goodies. However, with the PC-Pro in the 05, it is now a really sweet ride. The seats in my 10AE are comfortable enough to make the 2100 miles in 36 hours a bearable trip. I have done that several times. Even with the JICs, it is still comfortable.
Boy I am glad you made that trip in 36 hours too. ! ! !

Plus Tom l'il Abner. I think you might be thinking of " Stupenfyin Jones She was so gorgeous that men could only stair at her. Hate to say it but I am that old. But My SC is new..

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

Is it to soon to call it CARBside?

Hopefully only a day or two. :)

[tomwest]

:p How about- Blowing Hot/Blowing Cold?:confused:

[99mx5]

Since responsiveness is what defines the coldside how about the FFS "Response" or "Reflex"

Thinking about air or pressure of forced induction "Atmos" short for atmosphere "stratos" for stratosphere

[Banshee]

how about Vulcan?

[ThomS]

Tom Have you come up with what you might call your SC, either hot or cold side yet. Settled on a name?

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

Nope, nary a thought on the subject. I'm still waiting for that real catchy title like "MagnaFlow" or something. Of course that one is already taken. :)

[99mx5]

How about "Air Strike"?

[mike whitehouse]

How does "The Non Turbo " sound? We could call it TNT for short. :)

[Berkley]

" The Diablo" :devil2: or

"Long side"

i nailed it

bambam

[Godless Commie]

I know it has been a long while since this thread was started, but I can't help but wonder how come no one came up with the ultimate name for the ultimate toy:

The Transmogrifier

(I have always had a very warm spot for Calvin. And Hobbes, for that matter.)