Christmas is coming up and i was wondering if you Engine Guru's could suggest any good engine building books for me, i'm not a complete car newbie, i know what everything does and how a engine works and the basics behind it... i can do a basic tune-up and things around that but i wanna know how to tear down and build up an engine, and understand compression better and more of the technical aspect of it. I hope i posted in the right forum, If not sorry bout that. Hope this doesn't sound too lame, i dont wanna be fead by the silverspoon or anything just wanna be pointed in the right dirrection.

 

John Lingenfelter on Modifying Small-Block Chevy Engines: High Performance Engine Building and Tuning for Street and Racing -- by John Lingenfelter.

Excellent intro to the topic.

Rich Krause

 

Get all three small block chevy books by David Vizard - great insight into the details of various parts and the why's and hows. The books are - heads, valvetrain, and rotating assembly specific. For handling, check on the autox/road race forum, but the Herb Adams book is a simple primer, and the bible is written by Milliken.

A.

 

thanks for the suggestions, i'll go check those out. Anyone got any more? is there an engine building for dummys book out there?

 

there is actually a book called "engine rebuilding for dummies"
search on the chapters website you should be able to find it

i'd also recommend john linginfelter on modifying chevy small blocks. some good info in it