How To Build Classic Hot Rod V-8 Engines (Motorbooks Workshop) - Softcover

McNicholl, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760327777 ISBN 13: 9780760327777

Publisher: Motorbooks, 2007

Synopsis

The classic V-8 engines that got so many hot rodders started-the legendary Ford flatheads and Chevy 348s and 409s-are igniting a whole new generation. This hands-on, how-to guide is the first to give thorough, detailed, and clearly illustrated instructions for a complete buildup of these classics, including the Chevrolet 348-ci V-8 engine, the Chevrolet 409-ci V-8, the Lincoln flathead V-8, and the Ford flathead V-8/60 H.P. Longtime automotive enthusiast and writer George McNicholl offers in-depth and hard-to-find information on engine components and alternative parts, along with parts numbers, current prices, machining procedures, assembly directions, and dynamometer information. His book, illustrated throughout with color photographs, finally puts some of the world's great engines within reach of this generation's hot rodder.

About this title

About the Author:

George McNicholl purchased his first automobile engine (a Ford flathead V-8) when he was 12 years old and has had a hand in car and engine building ever since. He is the author of four other Motorbooks titles: How To Build a Flathead Ford V-8, How To Build Vintage Hot Rod V-8 Engines, How To Build Ford Flathead V-8 Horsepower, and How To Rebuild Corvette Rolling Chassis 1963–1982. McNicholl lives in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Review:

"The author has clearly conducted many of these builds and he has the step by step process down pat. He provides clear concise descriptions of every step required to affect a successful build . . . The book tackles four of our favorite hot rod engines; virtually assuring a successful rebuild for any hot rodder's project. There are more of them out there awaiting McNicholl's unique talent for describing how to build them. The book delivers 192 pages of sharp clear color photos that show every detail necessary to complete the task. And it's just plain fun reading and learning about the internal workings of engines you may not have seen up close. McNicholl is a wholly competent tour guide whose unique writing talent makes you want to take the tour more than once and will likely motivate more than a few readers to take on their own vintage engine builds with a heightened sense of confidence." - HotRodEngineTech.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Motorbooks
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0760327777
• ISBN 13: 9780760327777
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192