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-144 |
Title: |
Building, Preparing, and Racing Your Mini | ||||
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Author: |
Bill Sollis with David Pollard | ||||||
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Book Dimensions: |
9x11 |
# Pages: |
192 |
Cover: |
Hard |
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Color |
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Chapter 1: |
Introduction: So you want to race?, Where to start, Which Race Series, Finance, Buying a Car, Towing the Line, Personal Safety, Maintenance & Tuning, the Time, The Place, Summing up, Where from here? | ||||||
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Chapter 2: |
My Formula for Success: On the Road, and On the Track, Mini Seven 1985-1997 - National Champion | ||||||
| Chapter 3: | Bodywork: Choosing a shell, Preparing a Miglia Shell, bulkhead air box, Roll Cage, The Front End, Front subframe, The Doors & Boot, Spraying the shell, Look Behind You, Wheels & Tyres | ||||||
| Chapter 4: | Suspension: Basic suspension types, Subframes, Dry suspension, Suspension trumpets, Ride Height, Rear suspension, Dampers, Anti-roll bar | ||||||
| Chapter 5: | Steering: Standard rack & pinion system, Bump steer, Steering arms, Rear wheel steering, Tracking | ||||||
| Chapter 6: | Brakes: Brake choice, Rear brake regulators, Front brake uprates, Brake pad choice, Brake fluid, Master cylinder | ||||||
| Chapter 7: | Transmission: History of the Mini transmission, Clutch & flywheel assy, Steel or alloy flywheel? Friction plate, Diaghram, Fitting the flywheel, Gears and ratios required, Gear assembly | ||||||
| Chapter 8: | Engine: Rules & regulations, The professional engine build, The self-build engine, Example engine rebuild | ||||||
| Chapter 9: | Cooling: Basic description, FIA Touring Car cooling, The front radiator, Adding a side radiator, Alternative radiator positions, Water pump and header tank, Hoses, Water pump belt failure, electric water pumps, cooling system maintenance, oil coolers | ||||||
| Chapter 10: | Fuel Systems: Fuel tank, Fuel pump, Pressure regulator, Hoses & fittings, Carburetion, Air supply, Fuel injection | ||||||
| Chapter 11: | Ignition System: Standard Ignition system, Programmable ignition | ||||||
| Chapter 12: | Electrical Installation: Regulations & necessities, Making the right connection, The cunning plan, Current calculations, The Battery, Fuses, The loom, The engine bay, The charging ciruit, Starter motors, Instrumentation, Maintenance | ||||||
| Chapter 13: | Tuning and set-up: Suspension geometry, ride height, corner weights, Camber measurment, Tracking, Rear camber, Front camber and castor, Engine set-up | ||||||
| Chapter 14: | Driver Comfort & Safety: Seating, Safety harnesses, Dressing the part, Soun reasoning, Is that all? Pedal position, Steering wheel, Gear lever position | ||||||
| Chapter 15: | Track-Tuning the handling: Keeping a track, Suspension geometry and tyre wear, Castor, Springs, dampers & anti-roll bars, development, track time | ||||||
| Chapter 16: | Race Car Maintenance: And why you need it, At the track, In the workshop, Engine, To strip-or not, Transmission, Oh, lucky man! | ||||||
| Chapter 17: | Race Car Transportation: Vans, trailers, and boxes | ||||||
| Action! | |||||||
| Publisher details: | Haynes, 1999 | ||||||