Recommend me some books

[jagdpanther]

As a part of my new years personal improvement plan () I thought I would start by reading and learning

Obviously, I don't want to sit and read Jane Austin or Shakespear, but I want to expand my practical knowledge base by reading a few books that involve anything to do with vehicles

Now I already have a book entitled "How To Rebuild Your Small Block Chevy" which I'm hoping will come in use later on, so books along similar lines are always good

Can anyone recommend anything

Oh and good cooking books too

TIA

~S~

[adaptive]

Haynes do a nice line in car related books....

Edited by adaptive on Friday 26th December 14:09

[jagdpanther]

adaptive said:

Haynes do a nice line in car related books....

Edited by adaptive on Friday 26th December 14:09

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Obi Wan]

American Psycho.

[williamp]

"Aston Martin V8" by William Presland. A great book. Sue to be one of the classics. Published on the 26th january- one month from today

PS I'm the author

[Taita]

williamp said:

"Aston Martin V8" by William Presland. A great book. Sue to be one of the classics. Published on the 26th january- one month from today

PS I'm the author

Is a story on the history of the engine and cars etc? Link to Amazon / synopsis?

[ShadownINja]

jagdpanther said:

As a part of my new years personal improvement plan () I thought I would start by reading and learning
...
I want to expand my practical knowledge base

Obi Wan said:

American Psycho.

How to kill people and get away with it?

[williamp]

Taita said:

williamp said:

"Aston Martin V8" by William Presland. A great book. Sue to be one of the classics. Published on the 26th january- one month from today

PS I'm the author

Is a story on the history of the engine and cars etc? Link to Amazon / synopsis?

Yep: a history of all the road cars featuring the V8 engine, from the DBS V8 through to the twin supercharged Vantage Le Mans and Volante special edition. It doesnt include the racing cars as they have been covered many times in other excellent books.

ISBN: 1847970664

You can pre-order them from waterstones, Play.com, amazon, smiths, adds, tescos and a few others.

[jagdpanther]

williamp said:

Taita said:

williamp said:

"Aston Martin V8" by William Presland. A great book. Sue to be one of the classics. Published on the 26th january- one month from today

PS I'm the author

Is a story on the history of the engine and cars etc? Link to Amazon / synopsis?

Yep: a history of all the road cars featuring the V8 engine, from the DBS V8 through to the twin supercharged Vantage Le Mans and Volante special edition. It doesnt include the racing cars as they have been covered many times in other excellent books.

ISBN: 1847970664

You can pre-order them from waterstones, Play.com, amazon, smiths, adds, tescos and a few others.

Sounds quite interesting, might have a look at that.

However, at this moment I'm looking for something more practical than historical...books on tuning, modifying, rebuilding, replacing engines etc

Books that involve performance engineering on engines, components, chassis & suspension

[sparkythecat]

'How to make your car handle' by Fred Puhn is a very good book.
Everyone I've ever lent it to has had no hesitation in buying their own copy.
Linky

Edited by sparkythecat on Friday 26th December 18:38

[jagdpanther]

sparkythecat said:

'How to make your car handle' by Fred Puhn is a very good book.
Everyone I've ever lent it to has had no hesitation in buying their own copy.
Linky

Edited by sparkythecat on Friday 26th December 18:38

Hmm was looking at that one earlier

[stainless_steve]

Why,have you finished reading Escort and Fiesta yet,or you still looking at the pictures

[jagdpanther]

stainless_steve said:

Why,have you finished reading Escort and Fiesta yet,or you still looking at the pictures

You know I can't reads

Thanks for those by the way, but why were the gay ad pages stuck together?

[skeggysteve]

sparkythecat said:

'How to make your car handle' by Fred Puhn is a very good book.
Everyone I've ever lent it to has had no hesitation in buying their own copy.
Linky

Along the same lines is Carroll Smith's Engineer to Win.

He wrote many books like it including this one "Nuts, Bolts and Fasteners Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) [Illustrated]

[stainless_steve]

jagdpanther said:

stainless_steve said:

Why,have you finished reading Escort and Fiesta yet,or you still looking at the pictures

You know I can't reads

Thanks for those by the way, but why were the gay ad pages stuck together?

We used evostick to glue them together,a few of the regulars thought you were turning gayer than usual

[thunderbelmont]

Here's two : "Only Here for the Beer" the Gerry Marshall biography, and "Flat Out Flat Broke", by Perry McCarthy (the original Stig).

Both very good books.

The Milligan first four of his war memoirs :
Adolf Hitler, My part in his downfall.
Rommell, Gunner Who?
Monty, My part in his victory.
Mussolini - My part in his downfall.

Be prepared for pains in the ribs!

Can't comment on the later works in the "series", haven't seen them.

I can also recommend -

Thirty Days in the Samarkind Desert with the Duchess of Kent" by A. E. J. Eliott, O.B.E.
The Expurgated version of Olson's Standard Book of British Birds.
101 ways to start a fight - by an Irish gentleman, who's name eludes me, then there's The Gospel According to Charlie Drake, or how about...
The Amazing Adventures of Captain Gladys Stoutpamphlet and her Intrepid Spaniel Stig Amongst the Giant Pygmies of Beckles...volume eight.
or Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying.
The last one, being available in spoken form from Mr John Cleese....!!!

[Jaguar steve]

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintainence by a guy called Robert Prisig.

Taught me more than anything else - including an apprentiship and several years in the motor trade and then mechanicial engineer in elecronics research - about having the right attitude BEFORE you get the spanners out.

Hard going in parts, maybe a bit 1960s here and there, but still essential reading for everone IMHO

[jagdpanther]

stainless_steve said:

jagdpanther said:

stainless_steve said:

Why,have you finished reading Escort and Fiesta yet,or you still looking at the pictures

You know I can't reads

Thanks for those by the way, but why were the gay ad pages stuck together?

We used evostick to glue them together,a few of the regulars thought you were turning gayer than usual

spent too much time in your company is my guess

[Obi Wan]

ShadownINja said:

jagdpanther said:

As a part of my new years personal improvement plan () I thought I would start by reading and learning
...
I want to expand my practical knowledge base

Obi Wan said:

American Psycho.

How to kill people and get away with it?

You looking for tips?

[AlexS]

The Julian Edgar book 21st Century Performance is a good basic introduction to tuning methods. Brings together a lot of the practical stuff from his Autospeed website.