The following chart gives comprehensive information on
what each book contains
along with number of pages, dimensions, and author info and chapter contents.
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Book Part Number: |
B-47 |
Title: |
How to Build Horsepower - Vol. 2 | ||||
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Secondary Title: |
Carburetors & Intake Manifolds | ||||||
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Author: |
David Vizard | ||||||
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Book Dimensions: |
8.5"x 11" |
# Pages: |
128 |
Cover: |
Soft |
Text/Pictures: |
B/W |
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Chapter 1: |
Performance
Filtration - (p4-11) significant pressures and flows, filter flow, booster buffeting, high speed airflow, improving efficiency, power production, power and temperature, high output filtration, filter clogging, performance and cost, filter tests, element sizing tips |
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Chapter 2: |
Cases,
Cool Air and Ramming - (p12-19) short and tall stacks, calculating ram pressure, pressure potential, pressure balance, ram air tips, cool air tips, pressure versus density |
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| Chapter 3: | Basic
Carburetor Function - (p20-27) the Venturi, corrections, trimming the fuel curve, the emulsion tube, emulsion tube selection, power valves and mixture spread, lean cruise mix, transition circuit, accelerator pump circuit, cold start system |
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| Chapter 4: | Properties
of Mixtures - (p28-45) lean burn, intake manifold basics, cylinder heads, atomization and power, pump fuel comparison, unleaded high octane, octanes tested, fuel distribution, race fuels, alcohol fuels, carb calibration, chassis dynos, plug readings, oxygen sensors, air fuel ratio requirements, fuel supply, fuel flow requirements, flow and pressure, bypass systems and pressure regulators |
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| Chapter 5: | Induction
Basics - (p46-53) induction pressure pulse tuning, basics, helmholtz plenum, length and volume, port area |
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| Chapter 6: | Holley
Carburetors - (p54-65) spread bores, 4150 and 4160 series carburetors, 4010 series carburetors, 4011 series carburetors, 4500 series dominators, carburetor CFM and engine demand, airflow capacity influences, computing required airflow, carb CFM correction factor, minimizing manifold pressure losses, carb flow versus test pressure drop, recommended reading, effective use of more CFM, calibrating Holley carburetors |
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| Chapter 7: | Performance
Mods for Holleys - (p66-81) air flow, booster gain, idle and cruise quality, transition circuit modifications, float bowl modifications, rapid recalibration methods, Holley's electronic calibration, Weber jet planes, carb shop speed blocks, fine tuning with weather changes, density tuning, weather station/computers, booster performance, flowing more air, four corner idle, transition circuit fuel metering mods, other considerations |
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| Chapter 8: | Performance
Mods for Q-Jets - (p82-91) air flow and boosters, more flow and more signal, idle system mods, transition and cruise circuits, idle system, transition and cruise circuits, main circuit, accelerator pump circuits, the air valve |
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| Chapter 9: | Other
Performance Carbs - (p92-103) Carter and its descendants, predator carbs, SU carbs, modifying SU carbs, ram pipes, length tuning, Dellortos, mikunis and webers, IR carburetion in practice, calibration techniques, idle system, accelerator pump circuit, choke sizing |
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| Chapter 10: | Manifold
Design Basics - (p104-111) power and heat, CR increase, aluminum versus iron, manifold design, reduced carb capacity, buying the right manifold, fuel distribution, wall and port fuel flow, vortex generators |
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| Chapter 11: | Hipo
Intake Systems - (p112-117) manifold change, more cubic inches, small engines, IR sytems and V8S, manifold comparisons |
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| Chapter 12: | Modifying
and Building Manifolds - (p118-125) modifying stock manifolds, modifying single plane manifolds, plenum and port entrance, port extensions, manifold floor and port form, port design, tunnel ram manifolds, tunnel ram plenum volumes, sheet metal manifolds, port taper, building a performance manifold, custom manifolds |
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| Chapter 13: | Sources - (p128) | ||||||
| Author details: | David Vizard has a background originating in the aerospace industry. He is a university lecturer and a consulting high-performance engineer with a great deal of hard-core research as well as considerable, personal "hands on" engine and race car building experience. He has been successful with road, dirt and drag race engines and has amassed an enviable race win record. | ||||||
| Publisher details: | CarTech, 1996 | ||||||