21st Century Performance
Language: English
Published by Clockwork Media, Erina Fair, NSW, 2000
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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352pp., Pictorial colour illustrated laminated boards, intro. by Julian Edgar, col. plts. & text ills., diags., tables, appends., conv. tables, index. 21st Century Performance is the first high-performance book that covers current automotive technology- and how to modify it for best results. Size: Quarto.
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- Title
- 21st Century Performance
- Author
- Edgar, Julian
- Publisher
- Clockwork Media, Erina Fair, NSW
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0947216901
- ISBN 13
- 9780947216900
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
Chapters include: The drivetrain, electronic engine management systems, modifying engine management systems, programmable management systems, intake systems, exhaust systems, turbocharging and supercharging, intercooling, detonation control, fuel delivery systems, performance testing, suspension and brakes, aerodynamics.
This book, now out of print, is regarded as one of the classic texts on the modification of cars.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of AutoSpeed, an online car magazine. Along the way he wrote extensively for Silicon Chip, an electronics hobbyist magazine, while contributing articles to publications in Australia, the UK and the US on cars, model railways, cycling and renewable energy.
Books by the author:
- 21st Century Performance, Clockwork Media, 2000
- High Performance Electronics for Cars, Silicon Chip Publications, 2004 (co-authored with John Clarke)
- Amateur Car Aerodynamics Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
- Inventors and Amateur Engineers Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
- Home Workshop Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
- DIY Car Electronic Modification Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
- DIY Testing of Car Modifications, CreateSpace, 2013
- Tuning Programmable Engine Management, CreateSpace, 2014
- Hybrid and Electric Cars Amateur Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2014
- Thoughts about Driving, Car Modifications and Life, CreateSpace, 2014
- DIY Suspension Development, CreateSpace, 2015
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