where did the mouse/rat nicknames come from?

8/14/2005 12:54:28 PM

cause

rednecks have them in their houses?

8/14/2005 7:50:04 PM

This doesn't make a lot of sense:

Quote :

"Rat, Rat Motor Big Block Chevrolet engines 366, 396, 402, 427, and 454. These engines were called this due to the staggered patterned of the valves, which stuck up at different angles like the quills of a porcupine. "

from:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3000/glossary.html

But, given that the big blocks were named Rats (which we need to uncover what the real reasoning is), it follows that the small blacks were named Mouses for the ability to distinguish between them, and not for any other reason.

8/14/2005 9:10:48 PM

i thought the term "rat motor" came from the old 265.

8/14/2005 9:13:26 PM