Winning chassis design and setup for circle track and road race cars bolles, bob on. Discover book depositorys huge selection of car racing books online. The ultimate racing car chassis setup guide and tutorial. These two books offer some insight into life as a race engineer. As dxm says, a good community forum can get you a long way, but there is really no substitute for sitting chatting to a genuine expert over a. The art and science of race car development and tuning 9780879380717 by smith, carroll and a great selection of similar new, used and. With over 50 years of drag racing experience the joneses cover everything from the proper way to haul your drag race car to the importance of utilizing data acquisition in this second edition of the rick jones chassis tuning guide. After reading this book the next step in understanding race car handling and dynamics is race car vehicle dynamics by bill milliken. A season with the pacwest cart indycar team, by paul haney the unfair advantage, by mark donohue and. Youre a long time auto racing fan and its likely that youve started collecting memories of the events that you have been to. The best method i have found is talking to the guys who know.
High horsepower tuning for mechancial fuel injection. When sct needed experts to train new dealers to tune cars, they called on the experts at lasota racing to help with that task. The 23 best car chassis books, such as maserati 4clt, frisbie motorsports and legends race car chassis setup. Set this series of books have become the worldwide bibles of race car tuning and preparation. Learn to setup your race car ebook virtual race car. We now live in a time where one can walk into a new car dealership and simply buy an. Stepbystep racecar setup guide paradigm shift driver. Understanding race car chassis structures and layouts helps designers to package the elements of the race car and maximize the performance of the suspension. Carroll smith 19322003 was a successful professional race car driver, engineer, and author.
Lasota racing has been traveling and training new dealers since sct started. Win the car race while gearing up your math skills. Race engineering is the branch of motorsport engineering concerned with the activities of the race weekend. The best chassis shop for drag racing books and drag racing software to help with your race car setup and suspension tunning. Our books cover most fords and gm vehicles from 19882015 and beyond. In this video jon roetman ownerauthor of racers edge books shows you exactly how to use the racers edge race car setup software. Research and development is done in the race car, race boat, and other racing fields.
This allencompassing book is the first to specifically feature the cobra jet cars of yesterday and today. In addition to our brand new coyote cookbooks, we have other books available for sct, hp tuners, binary editormoates and delta force tuning. The most complete racing car chassis setup tutorial guide available presented by shown above is a gaming expo fair in europe that held a. The fundamentals of race car vehicle dynamics in a clear, wellwritten text. How to build winning drag, circle track, marine and road racingengines monroe, tom on. Become educated in the physics and dynamics all race teams use to develop winning setups. So as not to fill the guide with repeated information, it is assumed the reader has a. Racers edge race car setup software use on any computer. This guide will give you a procedure to follow to start optimizing the setup on virtually any car.
Dyno testing and tuning is the first book to explain the proper testing procedures that everyone should use to get accurate and useful results from either an. The perfect book for modifying muscle car electrical circuits for cooling fans and or power windows, wiring a hot rod from scratch, or adding a big stereo and other conveniences to modern performance. Racing outofprint books auto literature, car sales. Please call for current pricing due to the fluctuation of material cost.
This book uses simple diagrams and explanations to explain why a. Let me start off by saying this is one of my favorite books on chassis tuning and dynamics. Subscribe to the email list to be notified of new content. Setup guides virtual race car engineer and setup developer. This series of books have become the worldwide bibles of race car tuning and preparation. Street car racing has started, experience the drving skills. Technical guide to the design and setup of dirt track race cars. Jetting for racing mechanical fuel injection big block. This software calculates and saves all the important. Learn how to setup and tune the different chassis components. This new softcover edition of the cars of transam racing is unique in that it focuses on the cars used in this legendary series.
I already owned high speed, low cost and race and rally car source book, both by staniforth, so when i saw this latest book i was excited. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Here i share how to setup your car for each track or special conditions. One thing i did like about that book however, was at the end of the book there are several different modified cars, each with their own little storyline and the process of how they were tuned. The book competition car suspension is an excellent, well written manual that describes the design evolution of vehicle suspension and steering systems. Car design and build books build your own race car. The rick jones chassis tuning guide, second edition. Since acc is coming soon, and want to improve my racing, do any of you recommend books to thoroughly learn car setups.
The only section i ever reference in that book is the tuning 101 section, which is the only section with any technical info on afrs and ignition timing. Design, construction, tuning a foulis motoring book staniforth, allan on. It costs too much to do a set up and fully acquaint a new owner with what is going on. Carrolls books are highly regarded among amateur race drivers and. We have books for ford tuning as well as the hp tuners, gm ultimate tuning guide. The book is structured in an easy and logical way that identifies the best steering and suspension designs. The books provides clear instructions to engineers on how a race car. The biggest problem i have about both books unless the latest version of mcbeaths updated is that neither of them contains an aero map in the form you receive from race car.
More than the performance of the car, racing is about the performance, preparedness and training of the driver. After writing a series of books about different aspects of racing car preparation, tuning and engineering practice, each with. Crd publishing race car technology series of books. You do not need to need to be a mechanical engineer to begin to applying the knowledge to your own race cars, both real and simulated, right away. Jetting for racing mechanical fuel inj small block rev 3. These activities include setting up the car, defining the strategy for.
Car tuning suspension brake setup road course circle. Pdf work book for advanced race car suspension development. All tuning recomendations are based on starting at the baseline setup. Truly usefull, herb adams not only explains the phisics of racing cars in a clear and easily understandable way but also does something almost no other book. Explains suspension, weight dynamics and vehicle handling behaviours in a way that permits.
Choose a math expression that will yield the highest number from the highlighted row side to side. He continued to work for racing teams, and then began racing vintage cars and writing books. Winning chassis design and setup for circle track and road race cars. Find the best auto racing books at the motor bookstore where we carry books on how to race. Jerry bickel race cars gives racers the technology to win. Projack race car stands is the proud designer and creator of the projack race car lift system which has. Lasota racing technologies is one of the first sct dealers in the country and the first in ohio.