novaderrik wrote: i thought an engine was a motor, but a motor wasn't necessarily an engine.. someone with more need-to-know than me should really hit the all knowing and all wise 9and never wrong) repository of all online knowledge- Wikipedia- and research this for me..
You are correct. Back when I was in pliers school our instructors would slam us for saying motor instead of engine. Then years later the subject came up on a Mustang forum I was on, and in the end it came out that an engine is a motor, but a motor isn't necessarily an engine. IIRC, the SAE is the body that defines them. A motor converts some form of energy into to do work, or create motion. An internal combustion engine does that by burning fuel. An electric motor obviously does that with electricity. Both are motors.
