ME Leigh

Which books would you guys recommend for Third Gen performance, handiling, building, and tuning. And also for building performance small blocks on the cheap.

How about these:
Camaro Performance Handbook/Performance Modifications for 1982-1992 Camaros - David Shelby
How to Tune & Modify Your Camaro 1982-1998 (Motorbooks Powertech Series) - Jason Scott
How to Build Max Performance Chevy Small Blocks on a Budget (S-A Design) - David Vizard, David K. Wright

Thanks

Leigh

x5finger

I have both of the first two books. They have some solid info in them, but nothing terribly advanced. Its good reading and interesting, but not necessarily worth the price. Also not always really accurate. One of those was written around 98, and it gave carbs a paragraph because they were old tech, abandon all hope ye who are stuck with one. Carbs are still very much alive. 10,000 carb posts vs 50,000 tpi posts on this board. Now consider that your basic holley hasn't changed in like 40-50 years, its amazing that there's that much to talk about at all.

handling- click the Spohn link on the top of any Thirdgen.org page; good products, good prices, good people. Other companies shouldn't bother.

building- a good set of hand tools and patience.

tuning- I have tried to look at every book and source I've come across for carb tuning, but there isn't really a good source out there. One of the best things you can do is go to a local drag strip and tune your jets and whatnot for the best ET, otherwise take a look at: http://www.bob2000.com/carb.htm for some good ideas/info.

Really the best source I've found is the search button in the corner of this page. There is more info here than could be fit into a book (reasonably). Hundreds of thousands of personal experiences and advice. If you want to know something, there's a 99 percent chance that a ton of people before you have had the same question/problem, and there are tons of answers. Searching for a topic and reading all of the threads and replies (there can and will be hundreds) is the best way to learn. You post a question, you get a couple replys from the more active people and a few others, but you search back and you have hundreds of years of combined experience at your fingertips. Some people will have a certain opinion that has been proven wrong before, but they keep repeating it in any post given the chance, and they don't always get called on it. Search back and be sure you know all the facts.

As always, the above is IMHO, and your mileage may vary.

-5

ME Leigh

So does anybody know of any good books?

MikeS

I actually bought two books yesterday, but haven't had much time to look them over.

"How to Build Horsepower" (or something like that) and "Rebuilding Your Small Block Chevy" (again, or something similar) both by David Vizard. I'll try to be a little more help in a few days.

ORAY777

I have Camaro Performance Handbook. It's got evervything from engine to suspension.

Fbird88

The best book I've read on this subject is: John Lingenfelter On Modifying Small Block Chevy Engines
Another good source of information about engines in general is: How to Rebuild Your Engine by Ben Watson
Other books I've found to be very helpful are: Chevrolet TPI & TBI Swapping by Mike Knell, published by Jags That Run,
the GM Performance Parts catalog, and Chevrolet Power: The Official Factory Performance Guide