How to Hop Up Ford & Mercury V8 Engines: (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781931128087)

This Roger Huntington classic will help you understand how things were done around 1951, specifically, the details on planning the modifications, fitting the block, boring and stroking, flathead and overhead-valve cylinder heads, cams, pistons, rings, intake manifolds, exhaust headers and special ignitions. A special chapter discusses superchargers.

The book shows classic speed equipment developed and manufactured by Ardun, Belond Besasie, Champion, Frenzel, Harman-Collins, Hilborn, Howard, Iskenderian, Italmeccanica, Kong, Mallory, McCulloch, Navarro, Offenhauser, Roemer, Smith & Jones, Spalding, SpeedOmotive, Stephens, Tattersfield-Baron, Tornado, Vertex, Weber and Winfield. The book also explains the V-8 family tree, planning the job, block modifications and assembly, cylinder heads, carburetors, estimating horsepower and how to get the most performance for your money. A classic guide for any auto buff's library.

Author: Roger Huntington
ISBN-10: 1931128081
ISBN-13: 9781931128087
Publisher: California Bill
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2004
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d