The Street Rodder's Handbook

Author: Frank Oddo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781557884091
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
A comprehensive guide to designing and building street rods, customs, and lead sleds. Includes hundreds of photographs and practical tips, plus safe working and design factors. It covers all areas of the car, including chassis, suspension, frame, engine, bodywork, paint, and drivetrain. This guide also details how to choose a car and make critical planning decisions. It shows how to properly equip a workshop and lists tool and parts suppliers.

How to Build a Winning Drag Race Chassis and SuspensionHP1462

Author: Wayne Scraba
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101097833
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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.

Small-Block Chevy Engine Buildups

Author: Editors of Chevy High Performance Mag
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781557884008
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
How to build small-block Chevy engines for maximum performance. Includes sections on heads, cams, exhaust systems, induction modifications, dyno-tested engine combinations, and complete engine build-ups.

How to Customize Your Ford F-150 Truck, 1997-2008

Author: Editors of Truckin' Magazine
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101652438
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Hot how-to projects on modifying your F-150. From the editors of Truckin' magazine, this guide offers high performance tips and projects to transform the Ford F-150 into a custom street truck. It includes sections on bolt-on engine modifications, custom paint, and interior accessories.

Street Rotary HP1549

Author: Mark Warner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101052562
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
The ultimate performance guide to the rotary engines built by Mazda from 1978 to the present. Includes: Engine history and identification ? Rotary engine fundamentals ? Component selection and modifications ? Housings and porting ? Rotors, seals, and internals ? Intake and fuel systems ? Exhaust Systems ? Engine management and ignition ? Oil and lubrication systems ? Forced induction ? Nitrous, water and alcohol injection

Porsche 911 HP1489

Author: Mitchell Rossi
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101501707
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 447

Book Description
The ultimate high performance guide for 911S owners. This hands-on book. offers step-by-step guidance for rebuilding the engine, chassis, suspension, brakes, body and interior, for maximum street and road racing performance.

Ford Engine Buildups HP1531

Author: Evan J. Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101051280
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
A guide of more than 35 complete engine buildups offering a wide variety of performance levels for several generations of Ford V8 engine families.

Small-Block Chevy Engine Buildups HP1400

Author: Editors of Chevy High Performance Mag
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101142359
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Engine Cooling Systems HP1425

Author: Ray T. Bohacz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101157135
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
The ultimate guide to engine cooling systems for peak performance.Covers basic theory and modifications; individual components such as water pump, radiator, and thermostatic control systems; and information on designing a cooling system.

How to Hot Rod Small-Block Mopar Engines

Author: Larry Shepard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781557884053
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
How to Hot Rod Small-Block Mopar Engines is a completely revised, updated edition of Larry Shepard’s classic, first published in 1989. Inside you’ll find the latest, updated information to help modify your small-block A series Mopar for high performance, street, circle track, or drag racing. Also included are updated parts information and techniques for: - Block, cranks, pistons and rods - Cylinder heads - Camshafts and valvetrain - Blueprinting techniques - Step-by-step engine assembly guide - Oil, cooling, ignition and induction systems - Engine swapping guide - Engine installation and break-in tips - Casting numbers and torque specs New part numbers, photos, parts combinations and illustrations highlight this classic handbook on how to build the ultimate small-block Mopar engine.