Usage of the word "stock"

[Seven1]

KidSupreme wrote:
That's right. Its a new month, so its time for a new grammar rant from me.

Lately I've been noticing a trend that is severely pissing me off. The word "stock". Now to me, if you say "stock", it means that you've done nothing to it. It came from the factory like that. NOT MODDED.

Yet I keep finding descriptions like this online:

"well is a d16a6 block with a 96 stock head just with springs and retainers and crower cam..."

How are springs, retainers, and a cam anywhere near stock? That's pretty fucking built if you ask me. Why even use the word?

I know there are millions more examples of this crap, but I just can't find any now.

I can't be the only one who is upset with the murder of the definition of "stock".

I think in that situation it just means his head is stock i.e. not ported or worked.

My LS1 has stock heads but I added new valve springs, tit retainers, and chromoly pushrods. It gained me nothing but a lighter wallet and my valvetrain is lighter. My heads are still at "stock performance". The valvetrain is just able to take more abuse, it's just ready for a bigger cam.

But I agree that if you say your car is "stock" it should mean just that. It should be the way it came from the factory, right down to the paper filter.

[btleier]

I think you need a hobby... you have too much time to think about what pisses you off

[STiSchucky]

tins teenie weenie is stock

[MisterCMK]

You're not the only one. I get pretty sick of hearing everyone claim their car is stock when it obviously isn't. Lame.

[dubbsy]

yeah, the head IS stock, the valvetrain is not.

sigh

[Zero]

stock camaro's have run 9's.

my car has the stock turbo, so i'm inclined to say it's mostly stock. also partly because it doesn't make enough power to be considered not stock.

[Guest]

my car is bone stock......its the 2002 WRX "Tjamz Edition"

[Erik]

btleier wrote:
I think you need a hobby... you have too much time to think about what pisses you off

Well now I can add your name to the list.:icon_pirat:

[STiSchucky]

eric gets easily offended by those makin fun of people with stock cars by tellin them their car is stock...but itsheavily modded. thus rubbing it in that it sucks bein stock, and those who are stock suck at life, which brings us back to eric and those peter pans known as clutch victory

[AcesHigh]

STiSchucky wrote:
which brings us back to eric and those peter pans known as clutch victory

ZING!

For a second I thought this thread was going to be about shares and investment portfolios..

[BlueSRT0483]

I have exhaust, my motor is stock, does that count me as stock?

I only consider something not stock if it has stuff done to the motor..
but every1 has their own opinions of what is considered stock.

[JohnW]

i usually describe mine as 'pretty stock' or 'stockish'.

[weshole]

My engine is stock. My car however, is not.

[inspector01]

My car is stock too, i have no proble with that description.

[XJHEAD]

Is this OK, my car is almost stock

[MisterCMK]

I don't see why people don't just be honest about the mods they have to their car. I hate it when someone claims they are stock when they have a shit ton of mods done to their car.

[Guest]

ever notice the highly modded cars always say they are stock and the ricely modded cars always talk about their high performance mods.....

[Joel]

... thats probably because most people who have fast cars know their cars are fast and dont need to prove it to anyone... it's called modesty!

[integra_gsr98]

My car is stock.

[inspector01]

Ok now nick is abusing the word but i really don't consider my car having enough done to it to be considered heavily modded.....thus it is basically stock, with a few customizations of my own.