As they say reading is fundamental…
Thought it might be a good idea to make a thread about what performance books are actually worth reading.
So far Ive read books on various subjects.
Books Id recommend.
Tune to Win - Carroll Smith
Engine Builders Handbook - Tom Monroe
How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems - Jeff Hartman
Maximum Boost - Corky Bell
If your more Honda Specific
Honda/Acura Engine Performance - Mike Kojima
i agree that this book is essential to anyone interested in turbo systems.
I have read alot of chassis books and the only one i have found usefull is doorslammers,
How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems - Jeff Hartman
good book!
might be a good idea to give the ISBN #'s
http://www.speednation.com/store/page11.html
Too many to list and all available locally.
smokey yunick books, and the doorslammer book is good, yet a little dated. have yet to read an import based book that has taught you anything that a scc mag can’t. I have even read the honda books, and will argue with Ancas that despite what he says, honda was not the first hot hatch. That would be the rabbit Gti. Respect your roots.
The High-Speed Internal Combustion Engine
by Harry R. Ricardo, F.R.S., revised by H.S. Glyde
434 pages, Third edition, 1941
find the 1950’s version of this book, has a section on water injection from ww2 studies. can get this on ebay for like 50 bucks.
The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice
Volume 1: Thermodynamics, Fluid Flow and Performance
by Charles Fayette Taylor
List price: US$45.00
Paperback - 574 pages, 2nd edition 1985
The MIT Press; ISBN: 0 262 70026 3
The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice
Volume 2: Combustion, Fuels, Materials, Design
by Charles Fayette Taylor
List price: US$58.00
Paperback - 800 pages, March 1985
The MIT Press; ISBN: 0 262 70027 1
Design and Simulation of Four-Stroke Engines
by Gordon P. Blair
List Price: US$99.00
Hardcover - 814 pages (August 1999)
Society of Automotive Engineers; ISBN: 0768004403
Race Car Engineering and Mechanics
by Paul Van Valkenburgh
List Price: US$17.95
Paperback - 192 pages Bk&Cd-Rom edition (May 8, 2001)
Perigee; ISBN: 1557883661
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics
by William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Millike
List Price: US$99.00
Hardcover Bk&wrkb edition (November 1997)
Society of Automotive Engineers; ISBN: 0768001218
SI Engine Modeling
Edition: 1
Date Published: 1999
List Price: US$109.00; SAE Member Price: US$87.00
ISBN Number: 0-7680-0383-0
Number of Pages: 338
Number of Papers: 26
Binding: Paperbound
Order Number: SP-1451
Listen to Sailor… that mofo is always reading performance books!
just picked these two up to add to my growing Library.