Books on engines- Advise me!

[u05je7]

Basically, please recommend a good book on stripping/building engines.

I know the suggested option would be to buy a cheap engine and just take it to bits but it really isn't an option with a two bed university flat with no garden/shed.

I'm not interested in a "build mega hp" book, just something detailing a good methodology and small improvements. It's summer, most students have a holiday. Not for medics! I need something other than boring textbooks to occupy me after dark (Girlfirend is in Australia at the moment )

Cheers

[GLLHG]

THis might be a bit more than what you want as a 'starter' but if you want the best account of how to set up an engine so that it works to its best efficiency ( and also to be able to sort 'wheat fron chaff'as far as 'tuning upgrades'go,)
you might wnat to take alook at:
A Graham Bell:"Four Stroke Performance Tuning" (3rd ed., 2009) Yeovil: Haynes Publishing

You might also find:

http://www.classiccarengines.co.uk/

useful or, in many ways the best road to go if you are dealing with a specific engine is to get a workshop manual such as the relevant book in the Haynes series and get your hands dirty. ( as a geneeral tip, take photos of what you do or draw a diagram and make sure you have some sort of orderly lasbelling for what you take off and use plenty of containers!

HTH

Edited by GLLHG on Thursday 19th August 22:09

[u05je7]

Thanks

[944fan]

The Engine Builder's Handbook:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engine-Builders-Handbook-T...

Is good, only £9. It does mainly talk about American engines (small block chevys etc) but the princaples are the same.

[BMWChris]

I rebuilt an engine in my hall of residence. I used a supermarket troly to bring the bits up and down.