The Ford SOHC Pinto and Sierra Cosworth DOHC Engines high-peformance manual


Book Description

Build a reliable, high-performance 1600/1800/2000 ‘Pinto’ engine for road/track, using many stock parts. Covers Cosworth versions of Pinto engines, too, and fitting Cosworth cylinder heads to Pinto blocks.




Ford Capri – The Essential Buyer’s Guide


Book Description

Stop! Don't buy a Capri without buying this book first! Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Mark Paxton's years of real ownership experience; learn how to spot a bad car quickly and how to assess a promising car like a professional. Get the right car at the right price! Packed with good advice from running costs, paperwork, vital statistics, valuation and the Capri community, right through to whether your Capri will fit in your garage and indeed, with your lifestyle? This is the complete guide to choosing, assessing and buying the Capri of your dreams.




The Sportscar & Kitcar Suspension & Brakes High-Performance Manual


Book Description

How to get the best handling and braking from sportscars/kitcars with wishbone front suspension, coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers. Includes ride height, camber, castor, kpi and much more.




How to build Tiger Avon or GTA sports cars for road or track - Updated & Revised New Edition


Book Description

The step-by-step guide to building YOUR dream sports car on a budget. The Tiger Avon is a high-quality, high-performance cycle-wing roadster, while the GTO is a sleek new design. Both models are based on readily available Ford mechanical components with a choice of independent or live axle rear suspension. Engine wise, you can use a straight 4 or V8 of your choice, including Ford Pinto, Ford Zetec, Rover K-Series or even motorcycle units. If you already have a Tiger Avon, the book will show you how to convert it to a GTA if you fancy a new look.







How To Build & Power Tune Weber & Dellorto DCOE, DCO/SP & DHLA Carburettors 3rd Edition


Book Description

All you could want to know about the most famous and popular high performance sidedraught carbs. Covers strip and rebuild, tuning, choke sizes and much more. Features: *New! Enlarged, revised and updated edition * complete with extra illustrations - of Veloce's best-selling SpeedPro title. * New information on Dellorto carburettors * All you could want to know about the world's most famous and popular high-performance sidedraught carburetors. * Application formula gives the right set-up for YOUR car. * Covers all Weber DCOE, DCO/SP & Dellorto DHLA carburetors. * Strip & rebuild, tuning, jetting & choke sizes. - New! Enlarged, revised and updated edition - complete with extra illustrations - of Veloce's best-selling SpeedPro title. - New information on Dellorto carburettors- All you could want to know about the world's most famous and popular high-performance




Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959


Book Description

This book focuses on the different aspects that contributed to the development of Northeast American sports car racing during the 1950s. The evolution from amateur drivers racing on public roads in 1950, to both professional and amateur drivers racing at private, purpose-built tracks in 1959, demanded huge leaps of faith, trust and understanding. The transition was neither easy nor uneventful for drivers, clubs or track owners, and the tragedy, politics and intrigue that came to characterise the period are covered here in fascinating detail.




Runways & Racers


Book Description

Runways and Racers focuses on sports car races held at military installations throughout America in the early 1950s. It was a marriage of convenience for the Sports Car Club of America and the Strategic Air Command, with both parties gaining advantages from the arrangement. The thorn in the side turned out to be a Congressman whose own aspirations exceeded his standing, but who found himself in a position to be able to influence the outcome of events ...




Subaru Impreza


Book Description

Perceived as a replacement for the long running Leone, the Impreza quickly gained a great reputation through Subaru's successful WRC program. This book covers the full story of the Impreza, from concept through to the current production car, looking at the rally machines along the way, and illustrated throughout with contemporary material. Now with over 400 mainly color pictures and significant additional text, this is a fantastic warts and all account of an amazing car.




How to Power Tune Ford Sohc 4-Cylinder Engines


Book Description

Expert practical advice from an experienced race engine builder on how to build a high-performance version of Ford's 4-cylinder engine. Whether the reader wants a fast road car or to go racing, Des Hammill explains, without using technical jargon, how to build a reliable high-power engine using as many FoMoCo parts as possible and without wasting money on parts and modifications that don't work. Although the text of this book specifically relates to engines with carburetors, many of the modifications described are appropriate to turbocharged/supercharged engines and engines with fuel injection.