Mini mania has the Power Tune 1275 book on sale for 21.95 or they did- they are
somewhat negotiable on expired specials- especially if you say I won't buy for
any other price.
Doug Wilson
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From: Ulix Goettsch [SMTP:ulix@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 1:06 PM
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Vizard's book
Hal and Geoff,
That's the one I mean.
I have read both. Neither one can really replace the other.
Des Hammill's book is a little more practical in that is gives the first
time engine builder good advice of how to proceed, which mods to make to
the parts etc. It also has nice pictures of everything, which help a lot
if you haven't done this before.
I am a little suspicous of the cylinder head sections because it seems
that Des goes for bigger-is-better on the ports and never mentions that
for some street engine that may not be what you want.
I would definitely buy this book, especially since it is cheap.
If you are going to build a 1275, not a 1380, it has great advice except
for the camshaft section, he only treats factory cams.
He advises to stay away from 1380cc motors.
Ulix
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Herold Faulkner wrote:
> Ulix,
>
> Are you referring to Des Hammill's How to Power tune the BMC/BL 1275
> A-Series Engine, a part of the Speedpro series? Or am I missing a book
> here?
>
> I have the Speedpro book and it is a decent book, has some information that
> is not in Vizard's book. It's perhaps a bit more basic. By and large the
> Vizard book is much more information and worth the larger price. My only
> complaint about the Vizard book is that the layout is rather poor, main text
> and sidebars get mixed up and the thread is a bit difficult to follow.
>
> There is also another book in the Speedpro series by Des Hammill called How
> to Blueprint & Build a 4-Cylinder Short Block... It also has a lot of
> useful information, especially for one with little experience in building
> engines.
>
> My feeling is that on something like this you can never have too many books.
> Besides, you can read in bed but I don't thing you'd get any positive
> reinforcement from your SO for bringing a cylinder head or manifold to
> bed....
>
> Hal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ulix Goettsch
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 10:23 PM
> To: Geoff Branch
> Cc: Spridgets Mail list
> Subject: Re: Vizard's book
>
>
> Geoff,
> the only alternaive I can see is "Powertuning the 1275...."
> It's $28 and available from Amazon and Barnes&Nobles.
> Ulix
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Geoff Branch wrote:
>
> > Everyone must be on their E-mail Sunday evening!!! I just got the fastest
> > responses (measured in minutes) I've seen... Yes indeed Mini-Mania has
> > Vizard's book, but itchymama, 55 clams seems a bit rugged. Thiis from one
> > who has 40 dollars worth of Weber books on the self. ONe who can't leave
> > Barnes & Noble without damaging the credit card. One who isn't even
> allowed
> > to log on to amazon.com. I'll pay it, if I have to, but is it really
> worth
> > this much dough?? Thanks for the tip.
> >
> > Geoff Branch
> >
>
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