This Competitive Engine Building manual is written by John Baechtel the former editor of Car Craft and Hot Rod magazine and was also the founding partner of the Westech Performance Group engine dyno testing facility. This book features reviews of many popular modern tools, techniques products, and testing/data collecting machinery. Showing the proper way to use such tools, how to accurately collect data, and how to use the data effectively when designing an engine. This book is different, in that if focuses purely on the needs of high rpm, high durability, high-powered racing engines.

Table of Contents:

• Race Engine Planning
• Torque and Horsepower
• Cylinder Blocks
• Crankshafts
• Piston Technology
• Connecting Rods
• Engine Bearings
• Cylinder Heads
• Induction Systems
• Carburetors
• Camshafts
• Sumps and Oiling
• Ignition Systems
• Exhaust
• Engine Building Tips
• Engine Start Up/Maintenance