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Full Flow

1. A flow without restrictions. 2. A type of oil filter, having no bypass, through which all of the oil from the oil pump flows.

Full House

An engine that has had every normal hot-rodding modification that may be set up for racing or for street use.

Full Load

An engine delivering its maximum output.

Full Race

An engine that is built for maximum racing performance.

Full Throttle

1. The wide open throttle position. 2. The accelerator pressed to the floorboard.

Full Trailer

A trailer that employs a towbar coupled to a swiveling or steerable running gear assembly at the front and does not transfer any of the load to the towing vehicle.

Full Wave Rectification

The conversion of a complete AC voltage signal to a DC voltage signal.

Full Wave Rectifier

A circuit which convert both alternations of an input ac voltage to a pulsating unidirectional DC output voltage.

Full-floating Axle

An axle that performs only one function, to transfer torque to drive the vehicle; a type of axle popular on trucks.

Full-floating Pin

A piston pin, held in position by snap rings fitted into grooves in the piston boss, that is allowed to move in both the piston and the connecting rod.

Full-flow Filter

A type of oil filter designed so that all of the oil from the oil pump flows through it.

Full-load Enrichment

The injection of additional fuel into an engine during full-load conditions.

Full-metallic Brake Lining

Brake linings made of metal particles that have been fused together into a solid material.

Full-race Cam

A camshaft that is ground for maximum performance.

Fully Oscillating Fifth Wheel

A fifth-wheel type with fore-aft and side-to-side articulation.

Fume

The airborne dispersion of minute particles, a byproduct of heating a solid, that may produce an oxide of the solid.

Functionality

A term associated with comprehensive component testing in which output from the engine controller can be verified by monitoring specific input signals from other components for expected change.

Fundamental Tone

The tone produced by the lowest frequency component of an audio or radio frequency (RF) signal.

Funny Car

Any unusual or unorthodox racing vehicle.

Furnace Brazing

A welding process used to repair complex cast-iron castings.