This may be very beneficial for newbies as well as some of the experienced DSM’ers.
1G- First Generation DSM’s (90-94)
1GA- 90-91 DSM’s
1GB- 92-94 DSM’s
2G- Second Generation DSM’s (95-99)
2GA- 95-96 DSM’s
2GB- 97-99 DSM’s
ABS- Anti-lock Braking System
A/C- Air Conditioning
AFPR- Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
AFR- Air Fuel Ratio
AWD- All Wheel Drive
AWHP- All Wheel Horse Power
AWS- All Wheel Steering
BCS- Boost Control Solenoid
BFH- Big Fucking Hammer
BHP- Brake Horse Power
BISS- Base Idle Set Screw
BOV- Blow Off Valve aka Bypass valve
BS- Balance Shaft
BSEK- Balance Shaft Elimination Kit
BTDC- Before Top Dead Center
CAS- Cam Angle Sensor
CPS- Crankshaft Position Sensor
COP- Coil On Plug
CTS- Coolant Temp Sensor
DIY- Do It Yourself
DOHC- Dual Over-Head Camshaft
DSM- Diamond Star Motors
ECU- Engine Control Unit
EGT- Exhaust Gas Temperature
EGR- Exhaust Gas Recirculator
EMS- Engine Management System
EPROM- Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ESD- Eat Sleep DSM
E.T.- Elapsed Time (Term used in Drag Racing)
EVC- Electronic Valve Control
EVO- Mitsubishi Evolution
EWG- External Wastegate
FCD- Fuel-Cut Defencer
FIAV- Fast Idle Air Valve
FIC- Fuel Injector Clinic
FMIC- Front Mount Intercooler
FP- Forced Performance
FP- Fuel Pressure
FP- Fuel Pump
FPR- Fuel Pressure Regulator
FPS- Fuel Pressure Solenoid
FWD- Front-Wheel Drive
GS- Grand Sport (NA Eclipse model trim)
GST- Grand Sport Turbo (FWD turbo Eclipse model trim)
GSX- Grand Sport Turbo AWD (AWD turbo Eclipse model trim)
HDR- Home Depot Racing
HP- Horse Power
IAC- Idle Air Control
IAT- Intake Air Temperature
IC- Intercooler
ICP- Intercooler Pipe/Piping
ISC- Idle Speed Controller
IWG- Internal Wastegate
JDM- Japanese Domestic Market
KS- Knock Sensor
LICP- Lower Intercooler Pipe/Piping
LSD- Limited-Slip Differential
MAF/MAS- Mass-Air-flow Sensor
MAF-T- Mass Air Flow Translator
MBC- Manual Boost Controller
MIVEC- Mitsu VTAK
MPH- Miles Per Hour
NA/NT- Naturally Aspirated (Non-turbo)
OBD- On-Board Diagnostics
OBD2- On-Board Diagnostics II
PC- Powder Coat(ing)(ed)
POT- Potentiometer (POT Mod)
PSI- Per Square Inch or commonly used as acronym for the word “Pressure”.
RPM- Revolutions Per Minute
RWD- Rear-Wheel Drive
SAFC- Super Air Flow Converter
SB/SBR- Slow Boy Racing
SMIC- Side Mounted Intercooler
SMIM- Sheet Metal Intake Manifold
SOHC- Single Over-Head Camshaft
TCU- Transmission Control Unit
TDC- Top Dead Center
T/E/L- Talon/Eclpse/Laser
THROTTLE- The Helpful Resource of the Talons, Lasers, and Eclipses.
TPS- Throttle Position Sensor
TSI- Turbo Sport Injection
TSB- Technical Service Bulletin
TT- Twin Turbo
UICP- Upper Ic Pipe/Piping
VBC- Variable Boost Control
VC- Valve Cover
VPC- Vein Pressure Converter
VR4- Vicious Real-time 4wd
VTAK- Variable Transistor Accumulator Kinetisyser
WG- Wastegate
WGA- Wastegate Actuator
WGS- Wastegate Solenoid
WHP- Wheel Horse Power
WOT- Wide-Open Throttle
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