Best Suspension & Chassis
Chassis Engineering explains the complex principles of suspension geometry and chassis design in terms the novice can easily understand and apply to any project. Herb Adams is the author of Chassis Engineering: Chassis Design, Building & Tuning for High Performance Handling.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Awesome information for someone looking to get into chassis building."
"The different forces acting on the car during acceleration, braking, cornering and when the suspension is compressed, are explained."
"This is a very useful book that provides some valuable insights on how to improve the handling of your street car or race car."
"This book goes into detail about custom chassis design."
"I am a beginning hot rod builder and maybe not the best rater based on my "one of a kind" build, however I found the major focus to be on race cars."
"Great book if you are sereiosuly into cars and want to start to understand how all of the components work."
"Something as simple as building a model and testing the forces gave me the assurance that my design was sound."
"Written in 1992, so it is really out of date, OK for beginners, but same stuff is on the Net for free."
The fifth edition of Delmar's Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Test Preparation Manual for the A4 SUSPENSION AND STEERING certification exam contains an abundance of content designed to help you successfully pass your ASE exam. Find learning solutions to boost your career, augment your curriculum, improve your training courses or help you master new skills, from the leader in skills based solutions for educational institutions, businesses, and professionals - Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There are absolutely NO pictures which go along with the information, so again, if you have not worked on certain parts of an automobile before it may be really difficult to visualize what the information is explaining. The good thing about this book is if you have worked on automobiles for sometime and are comfortable with the parts you may come across then this book may be superior to the Motor Age book because there are more test questions."
"I didn't read them at first and thought it was just a bunch of tests to practice with, but after rereading the instructions, these books group the questions into the tasks that ASE uses and has quick rundowns of the task material."
"You will want to KNOW your stuff before getting this."
"Nice Book."
"Bought the g1 book before this one and was having a hard time passing practice tests then took g1 cert test and aced it much harder than real tests perfect study guides for a person like myself."
"I like the Delmar ASE test prep series books because of so many test prep questions in the book."
Aerodynamic hardware and body modifications for reduced drag, high-speed stability and increased cornering power: spoilers, air dams, wings and ground-effects devices. Fred Puhn is the author of How to Make Your Car Handle and The Brake Handbook .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Highly, highly recommend this book."
"The author is extremely knowledgable about suspension concepts, frame design, and even some advanced driving techniques."
"Quick delivery, good book, I lost my 1st copy of years ago ordered this one."
"Hard to beat anything about handling from Fred Puhn!"
"I am still a mechanic, and I bought this book again for reference."
"Don't expect this to be a "for dummies" book because while it is easy reading there is a need for understanding mathematical formulas, lots of mechanical aptitude, and a good set of tools if you want to actually implement any thing outlined in this book."
"I've come to enjoy this book in many ways and it's been a good foundation for understanding and knowing what it takes to get a car to really grip."
Best Vehicle Design & Construction
Chassis Engineering explains the complex principles of suspension geometry and chassis design in terms the novice can easily understand and apply to any project. Herb Adams is the author of Chassis Engineering: Chassis Design, Building & Tuning for High Performance Handling.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Awesome information for someone looking to get into chassis building."
"The different forces acting on the car during acceleration, braking, cornering and when the suspension is compressed, are explained."
"This is a very useful book that provides some valuable insights on how to improve the handling of your street car or race car."
"This book goes into detail about custom chassis design."
"I am a beginning hot rod builder and maybe not the best rater based on my "one of a kind" build, however I found the major focus to be on race cars."
"Great book if you are sereiosuly into cars and want to start to understand how all of the components work."
"Something as simple as building a model and testing the forces gave me the assurance that my design was sound."
"Written in 1992, so it is really out of date, OK for beginners, but same stuff is on the Net for free."
Best Automotive Testing & Certification
Easy-to-follow procedures, detailed illustrations and comprehensive specifications help guide you through complete tractor maintenance and repair with accuracy and efficiency.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Excellent reference."
"seems to have what I needed."
"Must have if doing your own repair."
"This book provides a very 'no-nonsense' approach to repair of these tractors."
"Have looked through manual but didn't need to do any work or fix anything yet!"
Best Automotive Engine Mechanics
Inside this manual you will find routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, and wiring diagrams. Each manual contains easy to follow step-by-step instructions linked to hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Comprehensive review of error codes as well as instructions on replacing many components of your auto."
"Good general maintenance manual but certainly you need the actual vehicle service manual to aid in system specifics and troubleshooting,"
"We live, we learn !"
"Very informative, we'll written book."
"The book is packed with detailed information and is an easy read."
Best Automotive Air Conditioning & Heating
The fifth edition of Delmar's Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Test Preparation Manual for the A7 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING certification exam contains an abundance of content designed to help you successfully pass your ASE exam. Find learning solutions to boost your career, augment your curriculum, improve your training courses or help you master new skills, from the leader in skills based solutions for educational institutions, businesses, and professionals - Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Passing an ASE test is more about understanding the way these systems work, not memorization."
"Like mentioned before I know several techs that are far more experienced than myself and they all told me that A7 took them several times to pass."
"Was not very happy when I found that in one test according to the answer key I missed 5 questions that where actually correct when I went to the explanation."
"Didn't really work as a stand alone study guide."
"Good book to get to study for the ASE test."
"Whoever did the proofreading and editing should be fired."
"Found a good bit of errors in the answer key."
"Hardly none of the questions were on the real test."
Best Body & Fender Repair
This book teaches you how to select the proper tools for the job, common-sense approaches to the task ahead of you, preparing and cleaning sheet metal, section fabrications and repair patches, welding options such as gas and electric, forming, fitting and smoothing, cutting metal, final metal finishing including filling and sanding, the secrets of lead filling, making panels fit properly, and more.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book to teach this hard skill."
"This book shows how to learn how to do proper body work."
"I bought this for my son who is really beginning to enjoy working and learning about cars."
"Very detailed how to and commentary."
"Covers the basics for dealing with rust, which is what I was looking for."
"great book to teach you how to get rid of rust and all the tips are great."
"This is a good, comprehensive manual for beginning and intermediate do-it-yourself body work folks."
"Well done, clear and understanable."
Best Automotive Fuel Systems
Next the book builds on that foundation, helping the reader to understand the different options available: Re-tuning factory ECUs, add on piggyback computers, or all out standalone engine management systems. Awarded the 2010 International Automotive Media Awards Bronze Medal for best written Technical Reference Book (2nd place award, there was no silver in 2010).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's also 100% focused on automotive systems, which probably is where 99.9% of their customers (and the authors' experience) are, but I would have appreciated an overview of the challenges that are specific to motorcycle, marine, and aviation applications."
"This book would have been absolutely invaluable when I was piecing together my Megasquirt setup for my BBC 454."
"Whether you are thinking about, or currently are standalone and maybe need to brush up on some stuff, this is the book for you."
"Gives a run down and basic listing of most known after-market stand alone EFI systems and what they will allow you to accomplish, making deciding on which unit you want a snap. The detail here is brilliant, giving you a place to start with everything from calculating and finding ideal ignition timing to engine fueling needs in warm-up and acceleration enrichment."
"It spends a lot of time talking about ways to retrofit EFI onto carb motors, and spends a good deal of time talking about how each of the major manufacturers design and manage their EFI, but not touching on Porsche, BMW and others."
"Since the authors of the book, Matt Cramer and Jerry Hoffman, distribute MegaSquirt units via diyautotune.com, it was the smart thing to purchase their book."
"If you want to get better understanding of EFI systems and tuning concepts in general then this book is for you and I highly recommend it."
"I was hoping that it would actually dig more into how to properly set up a standalone fuel management system in a conservative fashion so the engine is not damaged during the preliminary test phase."
Best Automotive Electrical Systems
Inside this manual you will find routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, and wiring diagrams. Each manual contains easy to follow step-by-step instructions linked to hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Good general maintenance manual but certainly you need the actual vehicle service manual to aid in system specifics and troubleshooting,"
"I brought this technical book to use with my OBD II scan tool."
"I wiah I knew that the Pcodes in this book are free to Google off the Internet along with the recommended trouble-shooting procedures to repair same."
"Alot of good information."