Recommend a good automotive engineering course
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Just playing around with a few ideas at the moment with regard to buying a new car. Quite fancy buying something needing TLC and bringing it back to life. Only trouble is I don't have the necessary knowledge. I've studied piston engines as part of another course many years ago so understand the theory, but not the practice. Can anyone recommend a good distance learning course or perhaps a good text book to get me started? Thanks.
I have just finised a two year mechanical engineering (not aimed at vehicles) and I wouldn't do it again, if you wanna learn get a book and spend some time in it, going between a book and the net is good way to check stuff as you go and keep it interesting.
"engine builders handbook" by Tom Monroe is alright, pretty old school and aimed more at American lumps, but looks at everything in general, rather than a specific engine.
"Automotive electric handbook" by Jim Horner is good, old school, but has taught me loads, so much so that im wiring up two cars from scratch at the moment!
I can highly recommend most books by Carroll Smith and Allan Staniforth (not sure on perfect spelling of either!), again, old school books, but are easy to read and full of loads of (old) info. These are generally based on vehicle dynamics/chassis setup. All my Carroll Smith books are falling to bits!
If you start getting the hang of vehicle dynamics, then you can make yourself realise how little you know by getting "race car vehicle dynamics" by William F. and Douglas L. Milliken, proper technical stuff. Once again an old book. Im sure iv read that William F. Milliken designed, built, flown and crashed his own plane by the timw he was 20....in the 1930s! (Please correct me if anyone knows the exact figures/story)
Hope this helps.
After realising all my books are flippin old, anyone know of any new books on vehicle dynamics/electronics/iingines?
"engine builders handbook" by Tom Monroe is alright, pretty old school and aimed more at American lumps, but looks at everything in general, rather than a specific engine.
"Automotive electric handbook" by Jim Horner is good, old school, but has taught me loads, so much so that im wiring up two cars from scratch at the moment!
I can highly recommend most books by Carroll Smith and Allan Staniforth (not sure on perfect spelling of either!), again, old school books, but are easy to read and full of loads of (old) info. These are generally based on vehicle dynamics/chassis setup. All my Carroll Smith books are falling to bits!
If you start getting the hang of vehicle dynamics, then you can make yourself realise how little you know by getting "race car vehicle dynamics" by William F. and Douglas L. Milliken, proper technical stuff. Once again an old book. Im sure iv read that William F. Milliken designed, built, flown and crashed his own plane by the timw he was 20....in the 1930s! (Please correct me if anyone knows the exact figures/story)
Hope this helps.
After realising all my books are flippin old, anyone know of any new books on vehicle dynamics/electronics/iingines?
DRCAGE said:
After realising all my books are flippin old, anyone know of any new books on vehicle dynamics/electronics/iingines?
Hillier's Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology Book 2 - Powertrain Electronics (2006)Book 1 would be a good one for the OP to look at if they want a text book, it looks at the whole mechanical workings and applications. It's used on NVQ courses I think.
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