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New material on electronic fuel injection and computerized engine. Our indepth guide covers car engine tuning for all popular types of engine. Jeff hartman is the author of how to tune and modify engine management systems, fuel injection. Where the information applies to those designs is included as well. A comprehensive how to for the laymen and engineer alike. Burgess covers the bmcbritish leyland bseries engine except the early 3bearing crankshaft unit as fitted to the mgb and mgb gt. The course is divided up into separate processes for tuning each transmission, which includes torque management, shift times, shift firmness, shift points and feel. Apr 29, 2012 and, just as the bikes themselves have changed, so have the tools with which we tune them. As tools for tuning modern engines have become more powerful and sophisticated in recent years, the need for indepth knowledge of engine management systems and tuning techniques has grown. The new transmission tuning course is a combination of knowledge for tuning gm 4, 6 and 8 speed automatic transmissions.
Great book for those of us who like to really get nitty gritty with their engine tuning. Other books to his credit are modern engine tuning, twostroke performance tuning and forced induction performance tuning. Noteworthy are the chapters on cooling, exhaust and the ignition system. First published in 1989 as tuning new generation engines, this bestselling book has been fully updated to include the latest developments in fourstroke engine technology in the era of pollution controls, unleaded and lowlead petrol, and electronic management systems. When you exceed the base output of the engine by a factor of 2550% more you may start to hit reliability issues.
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