Read any good books lately?
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Read any good books lately?
Well this is my first official posting other then the meet and greet thing. My question is, is there a "Turbo Book for Dummies" that you guys could recommend? Being that I'm an old dog and fully agree that I can't be taught any new tricks, I'd at least like to know enough on the subject to understand what you guys are talking about. I'm getting tired of just nodding like I know what the kids are saying about my engine when they're looking under my hood! You know my first car was a 55 chevy when I was 17 back in 1962. I've owned and built close to 200 cars in my life time and I'd be the first to admit when the foreign cars came onto the market I swore I'd never own anything with a plastic dash! Well times have changed and so has my attitude and love towards the newer cars. I'm wondering if my theory about, "If it blows it wasn't built right in the first place" still holds true.
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Street Turbocharging by Mark Warner
link to it
Amazon.com: Street TurbochargingHP1488: Design, Fabrication, Installation, and Tuning of High-Performance Street Turbocharger Systems (9781557884886): Mark Warner: Books
link to it
Amazon.com: Street TurbochargingHP1488: Design, Fabrication, Installation, and Tuning of High-Performance Street Turbocharger Systems (9781557884886): Mark Warner: Books
#6
Anything Carroll Smith wrote.
My opinion of Corky's books is that they are a good starting point, and helpful if you are smart enough to see where they are contradicting themselves and notice where he's being sloppy. I actually stopped considering him a valuable information resource as a result of reading his books. There's also been a lot of technological and "best practices" type advancement in the industry, as well as some dramatic marketplace changes since they were written. The fundamentals are indeed well presented, but I wouldn't go so far as to say reading them is all you need, or that his books are even the best source of the information in them. Just easy to find.
My opinion of Corky's books is that they are a good starting point, and helpful if you are smart enough to see where they are contradicting themselves and notice where he's being sloppy. I actually stopped considering him a valuable information resource as a result of reading his books. There's also been a lot of technological and "best practices" type advancement in the industry, as well as some dramatic marketplace changes since they were written. The fundamentals are indeed well presented, but I wouldn't go so far as to say reading them is all you need, or that his books are even the best source of the information in them. Just easy to find.
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Street Turbocharging by Mark Warner
link to it
Amazon.com: Street TurbochargingHP1488: Design, Fabrication, Installation, and Tuning of High-Performance Street Turbocharger Systems (9781557884886): Mark Warner: Books
link to it
Amazon.com: Street TurbochargingHP1488: Design, Fabrication, Installation, and Tuning of High-Performance Street Turbocharger Systems (9781557884886): Mark Warner: Books
I also ended up buying (and loving) "How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems" by Jeff Hartman.
#10
i was gonna post a thread about books under general miata since im not looking for only turbo books, but this will do.
Anyone have any other suggestions for miata related books about performance, physics of how things work (like aero, grip, mechanical parts, etc).
need some stuff to read during work and up my knowledge
Anyone have any other suggestions for miata related books about performance, physics of how things work (like aero, grip, mechanical parts, etc).
need some stuff to read during work and up my knowledge
#18
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics, Milliken
It's a little shallow in some places. But it's a very comprehensive look at Vehicles from Ackerman to radiator ducting.
Amazon.com: Race Car Vehicle Dynamics (R146) (9781560915263): William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Milliken: Books
$99 through amazon, I'm thinking it was cheaper through SAE
It's a little shallow in some places. But it's a very comprehensive look at Vehicles from Ackerman to radiator ducting.
Amazon.com: Race Car Vehicle Dynamics (R146) (9781560915263): William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Milliken: Books
$99 through amazon, I'm thinking it was cheaper through SAE
#19
I think it's fitting that this is in the "customers who bought this also bought":
Amazon.com: Car Hacks & Mods For Dummies (0785555887121): David Vespremi: Books
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I think it's fitting that this is in the "customers who bought this also bought":
Amazon.com: Car Hacks & Mods For Dummies (0785555887121): David Vespremi: Books
Amazon.com: Car Hacks & Mods For Dummies (0785555887121): David Vespremi: Books