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I've spent a lot of time READING so many performance books that reflected both real world know how. By far all the books by A. Graham Bell like his the Four-Stroke Performance Tuning has met and exceeded all of the rest. Very straight forward and easily understood concepts are presented for several areas of engine performance ranging to even the most minute details and best of all with real data taken from samples that certainly solidify the points that are being made. Areas of design that I rarely see in more generic articles were discussed with full importance towards the end development of an engine such as exact valve opening geometry, squish zone shaping/location, and things like cold versus hot spark plugs and gaping with specific constraints in place. The reader is addressed as already having a fair amount of knowledge on the subjects and helps get things rolling a lot faster without drawn out simplified breakdowns on engine basics. Overall, the book answered what I really wanted and I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a good real world based book without a lot of the engineering derivations one might see in a hard core engineering setting while being practical and backing up with real numbers. I would also recommend his turbo charging book and possibly a newer ecu/ems tuning for EFI to complement the ideas in Four-Stroke Performance Tuning.
He covers all aspects of engines and tuning including invaluable resources of reference charts comparing any and all facets involved from valve sizes used in top fuel to fueling and jetting just a must for any car enthusiast.
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http://www.amazon.com/A-Graham-Bell/e/B0...pop_book_1
I've spent a lot of time READING so many performance books that reflected both real world know how. By far all the books by A. Graham Bell like his the Four-Stroke Performance Tuning has met and exceeded all of the rest. Very straight forward and easily understood concepts are presented for several areas of engine performance ranging to even the most minute details and best of all with real data taken from samples that certainly solidify the points that are being made. Areas of design that I rarely see in more generic articles were discussed with full importance towards the end development of an engine such as exact valve opening geometry, squish zone shaping/location, and things like cold versus hot spark plugs and gaping with specific constraints in place. The reader is addressed as already having a fair amount of knowledge on the subjects and helps get things rolling a lot faster without drawn out simplified breakdowns on engine basics. Overall, the book answered what I really wanted and I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a good real world based book without a lot of the engineering derivations one might see in a hard core engineering setting while being practical and backing up with real numbers. I would also recommend his turbo charging book and possibly a newer ecu/ems tuning for EFI to complement the ideas in Four-Stroke Performance Tuning.
He covers all aspects of engines and tuning including invaluable resources of reference charts comparing any and all facets involved from valve sizes used in top fuel to fueling and jetting just a must for any car enthusiast.
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