Performance Handling/How to Make Your Car Handle Techniques for the 1990s
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879384182 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Performance Handling tells you everything you need to know to make a car handle, detailing all of the modern techniques and equipment for the '90s. Tuning for rear- and front-wheel drive cars is covered, as well as for front- and rear-engined cars.. A buyer's guide of aftermarket parts and in-depth tuning instructions tells you how to dial in a car to handle the way you want it to
It's not just for the 1990's This book was obviously published in the 1990's but the topics and explanations are timeless. Buy it.. J. Haygood said The best I've found. Practical and Understandable. Don Alexander has some kind of gift for making all of this stuff make sense. He explains what each suspension component does and how changing it will affect the car. The information is applicable to designing your own suspension from the ground up as well as modifying the car you have. He includes examples of cars he has tuned with good before-and-after comparisons. Common misconceptions are dispelled with. Good Source for Beginners Pete aka pest I had no knowledge of how a suspension works or its parts until I read this book. Descriptions were pretty detailed and I understood them, so should you. Shocks, struts, springs, anti-sway bars, and even driving techniques. Gives you a page to help you tune your own car and examples of how you should go about this. Gave me everything I needed except a skidpad. The only downside is the fact it's a little outdated. Time to make an update