Whats in your library?

philly

philly

solid fixture here in the forum
since we have been talking about the great book exchange i was wondering what books you guys have on your shelves that you can recommend to an avid hot rod reader like me? my hotrod library includes these:

the horsepower chain, Terrell, :idea: :idea: again like i said the book costs a hundred smackers and i think its worth about 20, maybe i just got a bad experience from it and need to read it again to see if it changes my mind. only gets two light bulbs

how to build horsepower vol 1, vizard, :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: would absolutely recommend this book to anyone serious about building motors and customizing combintions for more than just average out of the box horsepower. 5 lightbulbs and by the way, i pull this one off the bookshelf literally every day to go back and reread or reference something

how to build horsepower vol 2, carbs and intakes ,vizard :idea: :idea: :idea: theres a whole lot of info in here about custom building carbs and modifying intake manifolds... anyone with an off the shelf carb and intake manifold ( even a port matched one) can probably pick up 20-50 wheel hp and several miles per gallon while really improving throttle response. only gets three bulbs because i think there is information intentionally left out to steer you towards buying a modified carb from AED or the Carb Shop

how to tune for performance and economy, vizard :idea: :idea: :idea: this one gets three light bulb idea smilies because although the vast majority of it is in fact dated and alot of the products talked about are NLA its still leaps and bounds more useful than the horsepower chain book in my opinion.

engine airflow by harold bettes :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: this one didnt get 5 bulbs because it has some ridiculously advanced science that makes it at times so uninteresting it needs to be put down. for some of you guys (rick im looking at you) that may be just your thing so have at it.

porting and flow testing cylinder heads by david vizard :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: whatever you think is in this book, is. however i gave it four stars because it made me spend money starting on my own flowbench project. basically as soon as i was done reading it i was convinced my life wasnt complete without building a flow bench... no piece of literature should have that much power

maximum boost by corky bell :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: anyone who wants to turbocharge a vehicle and hasnt read this book is doing himself a disservice. some of the information is dated and i have empirical data contrary to some of his "opinions" but none of his findings. great read.

performance ignition systems by Dr jacobs... :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: basically everything you wanted to know about performance ignitions from the pioneer of performanc ignitions... its straight from the horses mouth and its pretty easy to read.


the rest of my books are mostly make model specific but those are the general automotive performance books that i can think of off the top of my head... theres still plenty more that i would love to pick up. amazon and i are long friends now.

WHATS ON YOUR BOOKSHELF?
 
by the way, and this is especially true of the david vizard books and most of the SA design books you find on amazon.... LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES... VERY CLOSELY... and reading the accompanying blurbs all together is kind of like reading a second book with alot of very interesting mods and tricks and things that i guess were omitted from the text for space. i seriously learned about 70% from reading the horsepower vol 1 book and at least 30% by studying the photos very closely to see what was really going on...

im not talking about the diagrams or charts or dynos either, i mean the pictures of parts or motors that hes built past and present, different coatings used, phenolic spacers, special port shapes and textures.... its all in there but its missed by those who LOOK but do not SEE
 
philly said:
engine airflow by harold bettes :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: this one didnt get 5 bulbs because it has some ridiculously advanced science that makes it at times so uninteresting it needs to be put down. for some of you guys (rick im looking at you) that may be just your thing so have at it.
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I'll take that as a complement Phil! :p

I like math, but I'm not that great at it. I never paid attention in high school,
barely graduated. It was later that I wanted more, and much to my parents
amazement I went to college.

 
philly, this has the potential to be an excellent thread ,with a great deal of info , about what reference sources most of the guys, use and find to be most useful and easy to find the information they need in.
IF I started listing all the books and reference materials Ive collected over the last 50 plus years, I'd be typing for the next 3 -to-4 hours (minimum) and still ,be likely to have missed 70% PLUS of the books and manuals and research papers Ive purchased.
you will need to do rather careful ,research before you start spending money on tools and engine components if you expect to get good results!
ITS just a fact that not a single one of us will live long enough to gain all the experience that we as a GROUP will experience so its simply reasonable to look into what other people have done and compare results VERY CAREFULLY, with the full understanding that MOST articles on the subject printed in MOST magazines are designed to promote the sale of some particular parts they may be getting paid to advertize so you can,t assume all claims are realistic, but over time you will see solid trends develop.
just this last week alone, I spent $80 on a few books ,and its a darn rare month where I go more than a week or two between reference material purchases, simply because I enjoy looking for references to find NEW proven advancements in the art and science, and enjoy reading thru books on the subject, and occasionally laughing at the older ideas that keep being brought up as the "NEW HOT TRICK" that was proven DECADES AGO to be a TOTAL WASTE OF EFFORT
following a WELL PROVEN FORMULA, and using a trusted list of known components, that's worked well before, many times in the past is obviously the safest route, obviously, it may not result in true cutting edge tech, but it also prevents dismal and expensive failures


david vizards how to PORT AND FLOW TEST

jay k millers TURBO real world high performance turbo systems

Jefferson bryant LS swaps


you can simply go to AMAZON, and type in search words like , the examples I posted links too below, while certainly not limited to these examples youll rapidly see theres a ton of reference material available.

"BIG BLOCK CHEVY"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_ ... Caps%2C325

"SMALL BLOCK PERFORMANCE"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... ORMANCE%22

"SMOKEY YUNICK"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... +YUNICK%22

"ENGINE BLUEPRINTING"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... RINTING%22

"Pontiac performance"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... ormance%22

"TURBO PERFORMANCE"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... ORMANCE%22

"CYLINDER HEAD FLOW"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... AD+FLOW%22

"flow bench"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... flow+bench

fuel injection
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_ ... +injection

chevy LS engine
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... +ls+engine

http://www.amazon.com/Build-Modify-Engi ... rankshafts

engine math
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... ngine+math

holley tuning
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... ley+tuning

automotive performance
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... erformance

racing automotive suspensions
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... uspensions

in the book section, and trust me AMAZON is HARDLY THE ONLY PLACE TO LOOK, theres also a huge selection of constantly upgraded engine simulation soft ware and new tooling and related info
 
philly said:
by the way, and this is especially true of the david vizard books and most of the SA design books you find on amazon.... LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES... VERY CLOSELY... and reading the accompanying blurbs all together is kind of like reading a second book with alot of very interesting mods and tricks and things that i guess were omitted from the text for space. i seriously learned about 70% from reading the horsepower vol 1 book and at least 30% by studying the photos very closely to see what was really going on...

im not talking about the diagrams or charts or dynos either, i mean the pictures of parts or motors that hes built past and present, different coatings used, phenolic spacers, special port shapes and textures.... its all in there but its missed by those who LOOK but do not SEE
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yeah! I especially loved reading older articles and stuff by SMOKEY YUNICK because about 1/2 the time he will have posted pictures of what he used in his engine then if you read the blurb under the photo, it rarely matched, I remember one SBC engine build, article he built, where the majority of the discussion resulted in the conclusion that the stock z28 oil pump was fine for 99% of the SBC engine builds but looking closely at the pictures showed a rather extensively modified 5 bolt big block pump in an extensively modified 8 quart baffled oil pan, with a windage tray..
and I remember pictures of one of grumpy Jenkins engines where there was obviously quite a bit of welding and port work on the cylinder heads, and intake to get it to match, yet the photo blurb claimed the heads were lightly reworked fuelie head castings
 
As I have stated my plan is a road race build and from what I have learned is real racing is big money as grumpy said the pics don't match the caption. The race teams and racers are not going to tell you the secrets that make them win. So usually the information is some what dated and is common knowledge that is good to build fundamentals on. The true secrets come from trial and error based on data logging and other collection of facts. Another big picture thing to take into account is the biggest variable in the car the driver. I could set my car up so it runs awsome for me and Grumpy might get in it and be like wow this thing is too tight, the power comes on in all the wrong times, and it would benifit greatly from this and this(just using you as an example Grumpy :mrgreen: ). I have some books picked out for my reading pleasure. But if any one gets a chance and want to read something out of the norm read a book on driving. I know there allot of mods people put in there engine and car but fail to see whole picture.

See new signature mixxed with Grumpy's should create a visious circle that will keep us all modding and tuning till we die.
 
i like the way it came out there grumpy, basically a snake eating its own tail of modifying for more power and then modifying the platform to handle it, then making even more power and modifying the platform to support the new found power. its the never ending cycle of hot rodding right there.

i have alot of haynes and chiltons and mitchell manuals along with FSMs for different vehicles and topics on the shelf, i think anyone who buys a car and plans to modify it needs to get those AT a MINIMUM. and in the effort of advancing their knowledge and maybe applying things that work on other platforms to yours, you should get the general info books i covered above, and many others just like it.

similarly, and i have been on an amazon diet for the last few months, i intend on scoring alot of the books you mentioned also grumpy, the smokey yunick book, the lingenfelter book, and some other "sbc , bbc, sbf, bbf" general purpose rebuild and high performance books that relate to an engine but not necessarily a specific car. my "saved for later" portion of my cart on amazon is like 12 pages long and every once in a while when i have an extra 60-100 bucks i buy a few books and read em. it seems to work well for me but...

amazon is a cruel mistress, after you place an order it shows you five or six books that are related that you wish you would have ordered, so i throw those in the cart for next time.
 
My current wish list
"Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" SAE book

"Engineer to Win" and "Tune to Win" Carrol Smith

"Paved Track Big Bar Soft Spring Setups"
"Paved Track Stock Car Technology" both Steve Smith books

"How to Make Your Muscle Car Handle" Steve Savitske

"Ultimate Speed Secrets" Ross Bentley- driving book go to author
 
Indycars said:
philly said:
engine airflow by harold bettes :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: this one didnt get 5 bulbs because it has some ridiculously advanced science that makes it at times so uninteresting it needs to be put down. for some of you guys (rick im looking at you) that may be just your thing so have at it.
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I'll take that as a complement Phil! :p

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it was meant to be, i think this book would be like a literary viagra for you and bytor and your excel spreadsheets and graphs and calculators... but really, if you edited out the back story of every namesake in the book (venturi, bernouli, pitot, etc) the book would be more purpose driven and easier to read also alot shorter... every page it seems has a small biography on some long dead scientist. feels like hes just showing off his intellect at times but his intellect is pretty MF vast so i guess i cant fault him for that.
 
Strictly Attitude said:
I have some books picked out for my reading pleasure. But if any one gets a chance and want to read something out of the norm read a book on driving. I know there allot of mods people put in there engine and car but fail to see whole picture.
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I love the books on driving once upon a time when I was driving racing karts.
The best book by far(not even close) was the "Techniques of Motor Racing" by
Piero Taruffi. This books was first published 1959, but don't let that fool you.
This book can be very technical thru a big part of the book. He does more than
tell you what the fastest line is, but backs it up with physics and math.

The first time I got the book it came from out of state on Inter-Library loan. Years
later I found it at book website, but now you can get it at Amazon for $31.88.

4.5* / 5 and 17 reviews

http://www.amazon.com/Technique-Motor-R ... tor+racing



 

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Does it go into delayed apex I did allot of reading about bike racing. Break harder and faster but gives you more speed out of the corner. Another bike trick is loading the suspension on the throttle and front brake at the same time when you release the brake the lift helps you through the turn.
 
Strictly Attitude said:
Does it go into delayed apex I did allot of reading about bike racing. Break harder and faster but gives you more speed out of the corner. Another bike trick is loading the suspension on the throttle and front brake at the same time when you release the brake the lift helps you through the turn.
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I think that's what I call apexing the corner late, but why would you want to apex
late, its not the fast way to get thru a corner??? Trick Question!!!

Braking harder and faster ...... I don't understand how that would help you exit the
corner with more speed???

Motorcycles are a different animal to me, they have to maintain balance and stability.

 
Within the context of motorcycling, the apex is referred to the point where the motorcycle is closest to the inside of the corner and not necessarily the center of the corner. Because of motorcycles' need to lean through corners and the risk associated with the lean, it is desirable to limit the time leaning over as much as possible, as such it is a popular technique to delay the apex, the point where the vehicle is closest to the inside of the corner, until some point in the second half of the turn.
 
Phil I am super excited as I just borrowed from the library "Maximum Boost" . Just a reminder that the local libary system is a good place to go for reference. They did not have allot of books but they had a few. I like the fact here at least they stepped into the 21st century. I can search and reserve books from anywhere over the Internet.
 
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