American Performance V-8 Specs: 1963-1974 (Second Edition)

American Performance V-8 Specs: 1963-1974 (Second Edition)
Author: Rick O. Rittenberg
Publisher: Rick O. Rittenberg
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0986445940

American Performance V-8 Specs: 1963-1974 (Second Edition) provides extensive information on all the performance V-8 engines in Muscle Cars, Pony Cars, and Supercars. Also included are sports cars such as Corvette, Cobra, GT40, and Pantera. Numerous tables and charts display engine information in a clear and concise style. This data-packed book is a valuable resource for automotive enthusiasts. Says automotive writer Diego Rosenberg: “This book is laid out in a manner that embraces your interest and keeps you entertained with historical takes on the era. It’s a seminal piece of automotive history that should be a mandatory reference for every enthusiast.” Each chapter is dedicated to a manufacturer and contains five sections: (1) Engine specs including bore, stroke, horsepower, torque, compression ratio, carburetion, rod length, bore spacing, block height, valve size, journal diameters, and firing order, (2) Engine application charts for American muscle car and sports car models, (3) Road test results from automotive magazines of the 1960s and 1970s (over 1,000 total tests), (4) Additional engine details and historical background, and (5) Gallery of color photographs (over 400 total photographs).

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Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1998
Genre: Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN:

Ultimate American V-8 Engine Data

Ultimate American V-8 Engine Data
Author: Peter Sessler
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1998-10-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780760304891

Arm yourself with this ultimate guide to V-8 engines containing complete listings of V-8 specifications from 1949 to the mid 1970s. Each engine listing shows general specs of the engine, plus part numbers for basic engine components. Comprehensive listings reveal bore, stroke, horsepower, torque, displacement, valve sizes, VIN letter codes, body application, and part numbers for manifolds, cylinder heads, and other basic items. Applicable to Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Packard, Studebaker, AMC, Chrysler, DeSoto, Imperial, Dodge, Plymouth, Ford, Mercury, Edsel, Lincoln and International.

The Best Books

The Best Books
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 880
Release: 1895
Genre: Best books
ISBN:

How to Build Max Performance Pontiac V-8s

How to Build Max Performance Pontiac V-8s
Author: Rocky Rotella
Publisher: CarTech Inc
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1934709948

This book includes in-depth reviews of factory performance components, and gives advice on the proper way to modify them for optimal power and durability. It also give an assessment of the many aftermarket accessories offered for these great engines.

Legendary Car Engines

Legendary Car Engines
Author: John Simister
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2004
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0760319413

In Legendary Car Engines, John Simister expertly dissects twenty of the greatest powerplants. With photos by Automobile Magazine contributor Tim Andrew and illustrations by the late, great Bob Freeman, it looks as good as it reads. - "Speed Reading" Automobile Magazine, October 2004This book examines the 20 best road-car engines ever: the most tuneful, the most beautiful, the most significant, the most highly-prized. A car's engine is its heart and its soul. It gives a car its voice and its muscle. Some engines do this so well they seem like living things. But which are they? The words reveal who designed them, and the how, when, and why, while Tim Andrews' fabulous photography captures the familiar face and the hidden depths. Discover the engine's design features, and why they matter. Find out which is the world's most prolific engine, which began as a fire-pump, and which has components that are reversible. Discover things you never knew about engine technology. John Simister gets to the heart of these celebrated power plants and describes them as he might describe old friends. Only the master of his subject could handle so complex a subject with so light a touch.