Car Techbooks

By: Richard Newton . Wheel and Tire Performance Handbook - This book covers daily use and competition cars and trucks, including off-road, circle track, drag, autocross, rally, and show vehicles. Beginning with a chapter on vehicle dynamics, with...

By: Fred Puhn . To make your car handle, design a suspension systems, or just learn about chassis, you'll find what you need here. Basic suspension theory is thoroughly covered: roll center, roll axis, camber change, bump steer, anti-dive, ride rate,...

By: Herb Adams . Chassis Engineering - Chassis Design, Building & Tuning For High Performance Handling 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...

By: Mike Mavrigian . Many racers, rodders and restorers underestimate the importance of hardware—all of the fittings, fasten- ers, nuts, bolts and lines that hold a vehicle and its components together and make it run at peak performance. High...

By: Street Rodder . Street Rodder magazine has been the leading resource for street rod enthusiasts for decades. The experts at Street Rodder have now compiled a comprehensive handbook on one of the most critical areas of street rodding the chassis...

By: James Walker . High-Performance Brake Systems Desing, Selection and Installation - Upgrades for: Muscle Cars, Sports Cars, Tuner Cars & Hot Rods. Brakes might be one of the most important, yet least understood, vehicle systems. Brakes are relied...

By: Martynn Randall . Braking system maintenance and repair. This book covers all cars and light commercial vehicles. The Haynes Brake Manual - The definitive DIY manual on automotive braking systems. Covers pad and shoe replacement on all common...

By: A. Graham Bell . The two-stroke engine has been developed to a degree that was thought impossible not so many years ago. One of its virtues is that it is mechanically very simple, which is a contributing factor to its widespread use and varied...

By: A. Graham Bell . First published in 1981 and regularly reprinted ever since, this remains one of the most comprehensive works available to the enthusiast engine tuner and race engine builder. Drawing on the author's many years of practical experience...

By: Brian McCarthy . Introduction Anyone who has any involvement with engines, will have, at some stage or other, encountered a failure of a component and been placed in a position of having to diagnose the cause. However, few have the unique combination...

By: Karl Ludvigsen . If a racing car could disappoint an entire nation, that was the dramatic fate of Britain’s BRM. Conceived in 1946 as a world-beating Formula 1 car, the BRM V16 was built by the nation’s leading auto companies and...

By: Skip Barber . This complete racer's reference is the perfect resource for drivers from novice to expert. The fundamentals of fast driving are revealed in this definitive how-to book for racers. You will find the competition-proven methods of...