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30-07-2007, 10:28 AM
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Hi guys,
its my 18th next month, and people are starting too ask me what i want, naturally pretty much everything i want is to do with cars, and modifying them (in particular, engine and driveline) now i was wondering what are the best performance books around? i already have: FORD Performance by Pat Ganahl High Performance FORD Engine Parts Interchange by George Reid and How to Rebuild FORD V8 ENGINES by Tom Monroe i want too learn about cylinder heads, and how too port them, and basically as much as i can learn about them how to build a strong driveline, from flywheel-wheelstuds how too set up your suspension right and basically anything to do with high performance engines/drivelines/suspension  can anyone help me out? i need to have my list done by the end of the week.... (yes i know i left it late but i was trying too find out by myself and im not having much luck) Cheers |
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30-07-2007, 04:42 PM
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Where to next??
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30-07-2007, 04:59 PM
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cheers mate,
but i need some reccomendations too
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30-07-2007, 06:06 PM
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Carroll Smith’s books offer some good basics for circuit racing without going too far in to specifics. Although some of it is a bit dated the basics are good. I know of one guy that didn’t like CS (the guy) but still bought the books (ghost written?) as good reference manuals. Too bad he never got around to writing his book “How to cheat to win”.
Engine wise I dont know if David Vizard has done anything on the Ford OHV engines he seems to have got in to mainly Chevs after getting out of A-series and twin cams. I would trust a lot of his stuff (I knew some old Mini racer’s that worshipped his theories, scatter cams, etc)
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30-07-2007, 08:46 PM
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Go through Amazon..
http://www.amazon.com/ How to make your car handle is one for handling... Try the search window there and they'll pop up... I'm getting two books on how to build a drag chassis... And chassis engineering.. all good .... "Chassis Engineering HP1055" "How to Build a Winning Drag Race Chassis and SuspensionHP1462" Wayne Scraba; Paperback; $13.57 each $17 U.S postage Sold by: Amazon.com Local shop... Ford performance $40.00 http://www.booktopia.com.au/search.e...43&submit.y=12
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30-07-2007, 09:14 PM
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Only problem with the 1st few books you list is the information is quite old compared to whats available now.. There is some good tech info articles on the comp cams website here
http://www.compcams.com/Community/Articles/ http://www.compcams.com/technical/ |
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30-07-2007, 10:50 PM
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thanks guys!!!
keep the advice coming!!! 
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02-08-2007, 10:18 AM
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anyone else?
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02-08-2007, 10:27 AM
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02-08-2007, 11:02 AM
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I now it's not what you asked for but it could come in handy in the future. was recommended by recoil in his project thread.
Sheet metal hand book by Rom & sue fourier |
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02-08-2007, 04:04 PM
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i'm baaaack....
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thanks nugget,
2smooth: thats actually a good idea, it might come in handy in the future
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Good how too Performance Books?
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