# Performance Books.... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293 "2006-11-18T06:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Converted2LSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/converted2lsx/32/5962_2.png) [@Converted2LSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Converted2LSX)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/1 "2006-11-18T06:43:46Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![TwoFortySX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twofortysx/32/6014_2.png) [@TwoFortySX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoFortySX)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/2 "2006-11-21T19:14:57Z")
> [@Skate pics \*56k\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skate-pics-56k/25791/167): > > Maximum Boost - Corky Bell i agree that this book is essential to anyone interested in turbo systems. ---
**Author:** ![7.5hotrod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/7.5hotrod/32/5993_2.png) [@7.5hotrod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/7.5hotrod)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/3 "2006-12-06T13:14:42Z")
I have read alot of chassis books and the only one i have found usefull is doorslammers, ---
**Author:** ![ZEX350Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/87869e/32.png) [@ZEX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZEX350Z)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/4 "2006-12-06T18:36:37Z")
How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems - Jeff Hartman good book! ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/5 "2006-12-07T14:57:05Z")
might be a good idea to give the ISBN #'s ---
**Author:** ![imported\_jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@imported\_jim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_jim)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/6 "2006-12-09T05:47:09Z")
[http://www.speednation.com/store/page11.html](http://www.speednation.com/store/page11.html) Too many to list and all available locally. ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/7 "2006-12-25T00:05:52Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/8 "2006-12-25T12:10:28Z")
Listen to Sailor… that mofo is always reading performance books! ---
**Author:** ![Converted2LSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/converted2lsx/32/5962_2.png) [@Converted2LSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Converted2LSX)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/performance-books/186293/9 "2007-05-20T12:40:30Z")
> [@Cobra has some new shoes \*6 pics 56K maybe\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cobra-has-some-new-shoes-6-pics-56k-maybe/26825/8): > > 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 just picked these two up to add to my growing Library.