Synopses & Reviews
This fully revised and updated edition is one of the most comprehensive references available to engine tuners and race engine builders. Bell covers all areas of engine operation, from air and fuel, through carburation, ignition, cylinders, camshafts and valves, exhaust systems and drive trains, to cooling and lubrication. Filled with new material on electronic fuel injection and computerised engine management systems. Every aspect of an engine's operation is explained and analyzed.
Synopsis
First published in 1981 and frequently reprinted ever since, this is one of the most comprehensive references available to enthusiast engine tuners and race engine builders. The author draws on several years of experience of tuning and modifying road, rally, and race units to analyze and explain each aspect of the engines operation, and suggest and describe modifications and improvements. New material addresses electronic fuel injection and computerized management systems. In addition to explanatory line diagrams and tables, this all-new edition includes photographs for the first time.
About the Author
A. Graham Bell is an acknowledged expert on engine tuning, with many years’ experience in this field. Other books to his credit are Modern Engine Tuning, Two-Stroke Performance Tuning and Forced Induction Performance Tuning. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.