Chapter 3 of this 224 page - INDEX at the back - volume is titled : `The True Facts About Horsepower '. READ more about a normally aspirated engine. Also : blower, ports, twelve-volt starter, radius rods, linkage, roadster, crankshaft stroke, and 1932 Ford chassis. Text assisted by lots of b/w photogrsphs - mostly details - but some `finished product'. Also b/w diagrams. Cond : Boards are rusty red in colour with white lettering. White end-papers, yelllow dust jacket. Volume is a LIBRARY REMOVAL and has much of the wear and some of the stamps that that implies. Still an excellent period, working reference. Soiling. QUote (p. 51) : " The adverse conditions under which valves operate make it essential that they and their seats get as good a start in life as possible. This good start is in the hands of the engine's designer and ._._._. . ".

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Title: The Complete Book of Hot Rodding
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: B/W Diagrams
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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