Optimising Car Performance Modifications: - Simple methods for measuring engine, suspension, brakes and aerodynamic performance gains (SpeedPro)

Edgar, Julian

ISBN 10: 1787113183 / ISBN 13: 9781787113183

Verlag: Veloce, 2018

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9781787113183_new

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• Titel: Optimising Car Performance Modifications: - Simple methods for measuring engine, suspension, brakes and aerodynamic performance gains (SpeedPro)
• Verlag: Veloce
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1787113183
• ISBN-13: 9781787113183
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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This highly practical and useful book covers brilliant techniques that take the guesswork out of performance modification.
Using just some low-cost tools, you can easily measure the flow restriction of your car’s intake and exhaust. It’s like having a huge flow-bench always available. By making some simple on-road measurements, you can plot the shape of the engine’s power and torque curves – no dyno needed. This allows you to not only see if performance modifications to the engine are improving power, but also see where in the rev range those changes are occurring. Assess the worth of cams, a larger turbo, changed boost control or altered engine management mapping.
But the book doesn’t stop there – it also shows you how to measure your car’s aerodynamics, seeing if at speed your car is developing lift or downforce. Want to make a rear wing work well? Test the angle at which downforce is greatest. You can also test the aerodynamic airflow through oil coolers, intercoolers and radiators.
Interested in improving your suspension? By using a low-cost app and a smartphone, you can accurately measure suspension behaviour.
If you want a practical, hands-on book that will immediately save you money, show where modifications are most needed, and can be used to assess performance outcomes, this is the book for you.
The author is an enthusiastic hands-on modifier who performs all work on his cars himself in his home workshop. He has been testing car modifications on his own road cars for more than 25 years.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Julian Edgar has worked as a teacher, writer, editor and photographer. His varied career has included editing a national automotive magazine, and writing for various online and print magazines for many years.
An enthusiast for all things mechanical and electronic, Julian is a hands-on car modifier, working from his own well-equipped home workshop, focusing mainly on suspension, engine management and aerodynamics. He is also a keen cyclist, and he has designed and built his own bikes and trikes.
He has written several books about car modifications, aerodynamics and electronics, as well as more general interest books about engineering and small-wheeled bicycles. Julian has also made a series of YouTube videos that discuss the subjects of his books.
He lives and works in New South Wales, Australia.