21st Century Performance

Julian Edgar

ISBN 10: 0947216901 / ISBN 13: 9780947216900

Published by Clockwork Media Pty Ltd, 2001

About this Item

21st Century Performance by Julian Edgar.

Published New Zealand, 2003, first edition. Near new hardback, binding firm, some minor bumping to edges, no inscriptions. 289 pages, illustrated.

This volume is the an international high performance book that covers current automotive technology - how it all works and how to modify modern day cars for best results. It is technical but easy-to-follow for both the non-technical and technical reader. Chapters include: The drive train, electronic engine management systems, modifying engine management systems, programmable management systems, intake systems, exhaust systems, turbo charging and supercharging, inter cooling, detonation control, fuel delivery systems, performance testing, suspension and brakes, aerodynamics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 21st Century Performance
• Publisher: Clockwork Media Pty Ltd
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0947216901
• ISBN 13: 9780947216900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cars
  • New Zealand Transport

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Synopsis

This is an international high performance book that covers current automotive technology - how it works and how to modify modern day cars for best results. It is technical but easy-to-follow for both the non-technical and technical reader.

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.

About the Author

Julian Edgar started his working life freelancing for photography magazines. He then worked as a secondary school teacher for eight years, teaching humanities, before leaving teaching and becoming a full-time automotive writer.

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