How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems (Motorbooks Workshop)
by Jeff Hartman
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Author: Jeff HartmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01
ISBN: 0760315825
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Motorbooks
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Book Review: Better than nothing
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to say that this book is arguably worth reading ONCE, but it does not offer much in the way of practical advice. It basically beats you over the head with how things work; although, some of the information provided in this book I felt was a bit questionable. For example, the author talks about how 11:1 Air Fuel Ratio will give the fastest flame front speed, but he doesn't explain why or provide sources other than that it's supposedly been captured on a special camera. I've been unable to find ANYONE else that claims 11:1 AFR gives the fastest flame front speed, so I would take some of the numbers given in this book with a grain of salt.
When I said this book hits you over the head, it really does just that. Several parts of the book were repeated literally I'd say about 6 times. It got so bad that I felt the author was just copying and pasting to pad the information and it made me feel like he wasn't really that concerned with writing a quality book. The description given by another reviewer on this site who wrote that the book is full of fluff and that the title of the book is a little misleading is fairly spot on. It felt more like I was reading a bad information pamphlet about how engines are ideally supposed to work instead of a book on E.M. tuning. It doesn't help that the word count on the pages is fairly high with small print and the book is fairly thick. Your dedication will be tested to make it all the way through to the end of this one; I did though and it didn't get any better.
After reading this book, I read "the other Engine Management" book that Amazon has here by Mr. Banish and I have to say that I was utterly amazed by its quality after having read this one first. Aside from a small snippet of information here and there that you have to dig out of this book, it feels like it was overall a waste of time after I read the other one.
Summary of How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems (Motorbooks Workshop)
Drawing on a wealth of knowledge and experience and a background of more than 1,000 magazine articles on the subject, engine control expert Jeff Hartman explains everything from the basics of engine management to the building of complicated project cars. Hartman has substantially updated the material from his 1993 MBI book Fuel Injection (0-879387-43-2) to address the incredible developments in automotive fuel injection technology from the past decade, including the multitude of import cars that are the subject of so much hot rodding today. Hartman's text is extremely detailed and logically arranged to help readers better understand this complex topic.Customize Books
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