David Vizard explains the science, the function, and most importantly, the tuning expertise required to get your Holley carburetor to perform its best for your performance application.
A complete guide to selecting, rebuilding, and modifying the Q- Jet, aimed at both muscle car restorers and racers. It includes a history of the Q-Jet, an explanation of how the carb works, a guide to selecting and finding the right carb, instructions on how to rebuild the carb, and extensive descriptions of high-performance modifications that will help anyone with a Q-Jet car crush the competition.
A practical guide to modifying and tuning modern electronic fuel injection (EFI) and electronic control unit (ECU) systems. Includes sections on standalones, an overview of EFI systems components and basic operation, fuel system and ignition requirements, sensors and how they work and interact with the ECU, aftermarket EFI systems, dyno and track testing, and aftermarket EFI conversions.
Provides the insight required to understand and tune modern EFI systems. Explains how the EFI system determines engine operation and how the calibrator can change the controlling parameters to optimize engine performance. A valuable resource for anyone who wants to make horsepower with fuel injected, electronically controlled engine.
This book provides in-depth explanations of fuel-injection tuning by one of the industry's most well-known and well-respected tuners. Learn useful formulas, VE equation and airflow estimation, and more. Also covered are setups and calibration, creating VE tables, creating timing maps, auxiliary output controls, and start to finish calibration examples with screen shots to document the process.
Jerry Uttrachi, past president of the American Welding Society, shows you how to perform basic welding procedures with steel and cast iron. He also reveals advanced welding techniques and the use of aluminum, titanium, magnesium, stanileess stell, and other specialty materials.
A completely updated guide to understanding automotive ignition systems, from old-school points and condensers to modern computer-controlled distributorless systems, and from bone-stock systems to highly modified.
Explains how to add new circuits, installing aftermarket electronics, repairing existing circuits, building your own wiring harness, and troubleshooting. Author Tony Candela explains how to add late-model electronic accessories and convenience items to earlier-model cars, installing relays, designing and assembling multi-function circuits and harnesses, and much more.
Color photos and explanatory step-by-step captions detail the installation of the most popular, functional, and beneficial upgrades for enthusiasts of varying skill levels. Just a few of the projects included are: maximizing performance of electirc fans; installing electronic gauges; upgrading charging systems; and installing a complete aftermarket wiring harness. Each facet is covered in amazing detail.
Covers electrical theory, wiring techniques and equipment, custom wiring harnesses for racing, hot rods and restorations, premade wiring harnesses, special electrical systems, troubleshooting, and more.
Enthusiasts have embraced the GM Turbo 400 automatics for years, and the popularity of these transmissions is not slowing down. Ruggles walks through the step-by-step rebuild and performance upgrade procedures in a series of full-color photos.
