SB Chevy books

[davefiddes]

My brother has just gone and bought himself an 85 Chevy Camaro IROC() which has been upgraded to a 350. Along with the deal he has also inherited two 305s which suffer from low oil pressure (obviously in need of a major rebuild). While I don't expect to have any problems for quite some time (fingers crossed) with my American Speed engine I do plan on upgrading it to EFI ASAP and generally tinker with it. Zero to 4 SBCs in 6 months!

Does anyone have any recommendations for good care/maintenance/modify/rebuild SB Chevy books?

[jschwartz]

HP Books has most everything you could want, "how to rebuilt your small block chevy"
"How to hot rod your small block chevy"
"TUned port injection etc." They must have a web site, they're sold through Summit and Jegs too.
jeff

[Boosted LS1]

Or if in the UK you can get them from Real Steal.

[Steve_D]

I have 4 books to recommend.
Haynes Techbook Chevrolet engine overhaul manual. ISBN 1 85010 762 9
Good for general how to put it together type info.

HP books 'How to rebuild your small-block chevy' By David Vizard ISBN 1-55788-029-8.
Again good for general how to put it together type info.

'How to build max performance chevy small blocks on a budget!' David Vizard ISBN 1-884089-34-8.
Highly rated book for performance builds without going over the top.

'John Lingenfelter on modifying small-block chevy engines' ISBN 1-55788-238-X
Again highly rated for performance builds.


Also check out this forum. They are very helpful and treat newbies very well www.chevytalk.org/threads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=UBB64

See if you can find a copy of a program called 'Desktop Dyno' into which you put all the different specs of your proposed engine build and it will give a fair indication of how it will perform.

These books, the forum and DD2000 are the tools I have used to build my engine.

Steve

[davefiddes]

Thanks for the recommendations guys. Looks like I'll have plenty of reading material for the long winter nights...

[skid]

I used to read David Vizards articles in Max Power (when it was a 'proper' mag) when I was a kid!

A good writer and taught me so much more than school ever did!

Skid-Mark