Recommended Reading

Engine Builders Handbook

Tom Monroe

Based around a V8 rebuild, covers many general items concerning what to do, and more importantly what not to do when it's time for an engine rebuild. An okay read 7/10
21st Century Performance

Julian Edgar

 

An informative book that covers many general topics ECU, turbos, cams etc. A good intro into tuning, worth a read 8/10
Engine Blueprinting

Rick Voegelin

 

An excellent book. Covering many many subjects e.g. nitriding, porting, balancing, plug indexing, knife edging etc. An excellent book 9.5/10
Engine Management

Dave Walker

 

A fairly good book. Covers a couple more subjects in addition to mapping e.g. knock, cam timing. The included Emerald software gives a basic understanding but it is not fully functional. An informative section about mapping an engine and what all the "different" map corrections are used for, shame it doesn't cover more! 8/10
Supercharging, Turbocharging & Nos

Earl Davis & Diane Perkins-Davis

 

Nothing startling in this book. A very average read

Covers what the title says but in little depth.

5/10
Four-Stroke Performance Tuning

A Graham Bell

 

Thoroughly recommended! Covers many areas such as valves, cylinder head, injector sizing, exhaust systems, fuelling, cranks and lots more 9.5/10
Car Suspension at Work

Jeffery Daniels

Dull 2/10
Competition Car Suspension

Allan Staniforth

An interesting read, mainly geared towards high end suspension setups i.e. F1 etc.

Not so useful for the mere mortal car enthusiast...
7/10
The Nitrous Oxide High Performance Manual

Trevor Langfield

A good intro into the world of Nitrous, covers lots of areas, a recommended read despite the heavy bias to WON kit 9/10