Tuner Cars Field Guide

Tuner Cars Field Guide
Author: Jay Canter
Publisher: Krause Publications Incorporated
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2005
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780896892538

With tricked-out bodywork, stellar stereos and extreme paint jobs today's tuner car designers take hot rod building one step further! Tuner Cars Field Guide captures the performance and personality of 100 of the most unique rides on the road in more than 300 stunning color photos, and quick technical summaries.This one-of-a-kind resource uncovers street, sport, drag racing and drifting cars that began as simple domestic models from Honda, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Nissan and more. The collection of photos in this book highlight bodywork, graphics and paint, engine and electronics of each car, and will inspire automobile enthusiasts to think about future projects. This unique reference gives tuner enthusiasts facts about car performance and designer details in a quick-glance format they'll love!· Contains 300+ color photos of 100 cars demonstrating the effectiveness of various enhancements· Includes designer background to inspire and educate would-be tuner artists· Features a variety of tuner car styles to meet nearly any tuner enthusiasts' area of interest

Tuner Cars

Tuner Cars
Author: Sarah L. Schuette
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736868969

Describes tuner cars, their main features, and how they are raced.

Muscle Cars Field Guide

Muscle Cars Field Guide
Author: John Gunnell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2004-09-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 144023180X

Muscle car enthusiasts can take this fact-filled reference with them anywhere! Featuring more than 300 American muscle cars produced during the last 40 years, this is the ultimate guide for high-performance enthusiasts. This full-color reference features more than four decades of the most powerful American cars ever produced. Listings include a historical background, original factory specifications, available options, original pricing information and an updated price guide, with current values in six condition grades. Includes every type of high performance model from early full-size favorites like the 1961 Chevrolet Impala SS to muscle car heyday favorites like the 1970 Plymouth Road Runner SuperBird, as well as other high-performance classics of the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Designing and Tuning High-Performance Fuel Injection Systems

Designing and Tuning High-Performance Fuel Injection Systems
Author: Greg Banish
Publisher: CarTech Inc
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2009
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1932494901

Greg Banish takes his best-selling title, Engine Management: Advanced Tuning, one step further as he goes in-depth on the combustion basics of fuel injection as well as benefits and limitations of standalone. 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, start to finish calibration examples with screen shots to document the process. Useful appendixes include glossary and a special resources guide with standalone manufacturers and test equipment manufacturers

Tune to Win

Tune to Win
Author: Carroll Smith
Publisher: Carroll Smith Consulting
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1978-06-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780879380717

Covers the development and tuning of race car by clearly explaining the basic principles of vehicle dynamics and relating these principles to the input and control functions of the racing driver. An exceptional book written by a true professional.

Engineer in Your Pocket

Engineer in Your Pocket
Author: Carroll Smith
Publisher: Carroll Smith Consulting
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780965160018

Store all the answers in your hip pocket! This handy pocket guide written by racing professional Carroll Smith suggests realistic solutions to common race car handling problems. Formatted listing causes and possible effects, and problems and possible causes. Spiralbound, 3 1/2"x 7 3/4", 32 pgs.'

Good Tuning

Good Tuning
Author: Gregory K. McMillan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Automatic control
ISBN: 9781556177262

Every practicing instrument, process control, and process engineer will want to have this practical and to the point pocket guide on good tuning. 'Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide' is a portable, concise summary of all the practical considerations for tuning loops, including: step-by-step descriptions of the best field-proven tuning procedures a table of typical tuning settings a summary of valve performance problems logic diagrams for troubleshooting over 30 rules of thumb. The quick reference quide also includes a discussion of how the tuning changes with the type of process, loop, and advanced regulatory control. Wherever you have data and tuning access, it enables you to estimate the settings for configuring new loops to review and improve the tuning of existing loops. Contents: Best of the Basics; Actions Speak Louder than Words; Controller ala Mode; Is that your Final Response?;Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained; Default and Typical Settings; General Purpose Closed Loop Tuning Method; Short Cut Open Loop Method; Simplified Lambda Tuning; Auto tuners; Uncommonly Good Practices for Common Loops; Dead Time Compensation and Warp Drive; I Have so Much Feed Forward; Great Expectations; Practical Limitations.

The Car Hacker's Handbook

The Car Hacker's Handbook
Author: Craig Smith
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1593277709

Modern cars are more computerized than ever. Infotainment and navigation systems, Wi-Fi, automatic software updates, and other innovations aim to make driving more convenient. But vehicle technologies haven’t kept pace with today’s more hostile security environment, leaving millions vulnerable to attack. The Car Hacker’s Handbook will give you a deeper understanding of the computer systems and embedded software in modern vehicles. It begins by examining vulnerabilities and providing detailed explanations of communications over the CAN bus and between devices and systems. Then, once you have an understanding of a vehicle’s communication network, you’ll learn how to intercept data and perform specific hacks to track vehicles, unlock doors, glitch engines, flood communication, and more. With a focus on low-cost, open source hacking tools such as Metasploit, Wireshark, Kayak, can-utils, and ChipWhisperer, The Car Hacker’s Handbook will show you how to: –Build an accurate threat model for your vehicle –Reverse engineer the CAN bus to fake engine signals –Exploit vulnerabilities in diagnostic and data-logging systems –Hack the ECU and other firmware and embedded systems –Feed exploits through infotainment and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems –Override factory settings with performance-tuning techniques –Build physical and virtual test benches to try out exploits safely If you’re curious about automotive security and have the urge to hack a two-ton computer, make The Car Hacker’s Handbook your first stop.

Four-stroke Performance Tuning

Four-stroke Performance Tuning
Author: A. Graham Bell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1998
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781859604359

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.