How to Build a Winning Drag Race Chassis and SuspensionHP1462

Author: Wayne Scraba
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101097833
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A guide to setting up your car for maximum handling performance on the street or strip. This instructional handbook shows readers how to set up their street machine chassis for high performance street or amateur drag strip racing. Not only are chassis and suspension the most popular types of modification, but their technology is constantly evolving. It offers the latest techniques for maximizing car performance on streets and strips. This definitive guide includes in-depth sections on chassis fabrication, rear axle selection and setup, rear and front suspension, shocks and springs, brakes, steering, and wheels and tires.

How to Build a Winning Drag Race Chassis and Suspension

Author: Wayne Scraba
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781557884626
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Chassis Engineering

Author: Herb Adams
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781557880550
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
In most forms of racing, cornering speed is the key to winning. On the street, precise and predictable handling is the key to high performance driving. However, the art and science of engineering a chassis can be difficult to comprehend, let alone apply. Chassis Engineering explains the complex principles of suspension geometry and chassis design in terms the novice can easily understand and apply to any project. Hundreds of photos and illustrations illustrate what it takes to design, build, and tune the ultimate chassis for maximum cornering power on and off the track.

Advanced Race Car Chassis Technology HP1562

Author: Bob Bolles
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101444770
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 449

Book Description
This book details how to design, build, and setup the chassis and suspension for road race and stock cars. Includes chassis dynamics, spring and shock theory, front and rear suspension geometry, real world racing aerodynamics, steering systems, racing chassis software and all you need to know to set you chassis up to win races.

Race Car

Author: Alve
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

How to Drag Race

Author: Kevin McKenna
Publisher: CarTech Inc
ISBN: 1932494472
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Whether you're bracket racing your daily driver, tuning the new suspension setup on your weekend bracket racer, or competing in one of many pro classes, drag racing is the participation motorsport of choice. McKenna uses over 300 color photos to show you what to expect your first time out, how to set your street or racecar up for consistency and speed, and driving technique for enthusiasts at all levels. He talks tires, safety equipment, driving aids like line-locks and delay boxes, choosing a class, and advanced racer math. Special sections detail how to maximize your current setup and strategy bracket racing success.

The Race Car Chassis HP1540

Author: Forbes Aird
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440637938
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
This invaluable handbook on the structural design and science behind the race car chassis includes sections on materials and structures, structural loads, a brief overview of suspension and chassis design, multi-tube and space frame chassis, joining ferrous metals, stressed skin construction, and joining light alloys.

Racing Engine Builder's HandbookHP1492

Author: Tom Monroe
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101503033
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 643

Book Description
This is a complete guide to building racing engines, focusing on tips and techniques that will help an engine builder build a motor for any application: drag racing, circle track, road racing, or boats.

Building the Chevy LS Engine HP1559

Author: Mike Mavrigian
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101445572
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 568

Book Description
This is an engine rebuilding and modification guide that includes sections on history, engine specs, disassembly, cylinder block and bottom end reconditioning, cylinder heads and valvetrain reconditioning, balancing, step-by-step engine reassembly, torque values, and OEM part numbers for the popular Chevy LS series of engines.

Racing Chassis and Suspension Design

Author: Carroll Smith
Publisher: SAE International
ISBN: 1468602381
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Hand-selected by racing engineer legend Carroll Smith, the 28 SAE Technical Papers in this book focus on the chassis and suspension design of pure racing cars, an area that has traditionally been - farmed out - to independent designers or firms since the early 1970s. Smith believed that any discussion of vehicle dynamics must begin with a basic understanding of the pneumatic tire, the focus of the first chapter. The racing tire connects the racing car to the track surface by only the footprints of its four tires. Through the tires, the driver receives most of the sensory information needed to maintain or regain control of the race car at high force levels. The second chapter, focusing on suspension design, is an introduction to this complex and fascinating subject. Topics covered include chassis stiffness and flexibility, suspension tuning on the cornering of a Winston Cup race car, suspension kinematics, and vehicle dynamics of road racing cars. Chapter 3 addresses the design of the racing chassis design and how aerodynamics affect the chassis, and the final chapter on materials brings out the fact that the modern racing car utilizes carbon construction to the maximum extent allowed by regulations. These technical papers, written between 1971 and 2003, offer what Smith believed to be the best and most practical nuggets of racing chassis and suspension design information.