Maximum Boost: Designing, Testing, and Installing Turbocharger Systems by Corky Bell
Maximum Boost is the definitive book on Turbocharging. This hands-on book gives you the most detailed information available on understanding designing, setting up, testing and modifying your car with a turbocharging system.
Find out what really works and what doesn't, what turbo is right for your needs and what type of setup will give you that extra horsepower. The author shows you how to select and install the right turbo, how to prep the engine, test the systems, integrate a turbo with and electronic fuel injection system or carburetor and even gives detailed troubleshooting information for both OEM and aftermarket turbocharging systems.
Technical highlights
Essentials of turbo system design - including sizing the turbo, intercooling, fuel system tweaks, preparing the engine, intake and exhaust design
Evaluating and installing an aftermarket turbo kit
Improving your current turbocharged system
Designing and installing your own custom system
Whether you're interested in better performance on the road or extra horsepower to be a winner, this book will give you the knowledge to get the most out of your engine and its turbocharging system.
Maximum Boost table of contents:
1. An Engineering Look at the Basics
2. Acquiring a Turbocharged Vehicle
3. Selecting The Turbocharger
4. Turbocharger Lubrication
5. Intercooling
6. Intake Manifold
7. Electronic Fuel Injection
8. Carburetion
9. Events in the Chamber
10. Exhaust Manifold Design
11. Exhaust Systems
12. Boost Controls
13. Preparing the Engine
14. Testing the System
15. Trouble
16. Developments in Turbocharging
17. Bringing it All Together
18. Installing a Turbo Kit
Suppliers
Glossary
Index
Publisher : Robert Bentley, Inc
Language : English
Softcover : 256 pages
Item weight : 617 g
Dimensions : 19.76 x 1.55 x 26.44 cm
Out of print
Excellent condition
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