How to Modify Your Retro or Classic Car for High Performance

Daniel Stapleton

ISBN 10: 1845842898 / ISBN 13: 9781845842895

Editore: David & Charles, 2012

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Titolo: How to Modify Your Retro or Classic Car for ...

Casa editrice: David & Charles

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Paperback / softback

Condizione: New

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This book explains what ‘high performance’ really is, analyzing each part of the classic or retro car – the engine, transmission, brakes, etc – and showing how it can be modified and improved for greater performance, both with period correct parts (where available), and modern components such as electronic ignition. It provides specific guidance and planning advice, examining the pros and cons, and road or motorsport suitability of each modification. Whether you want a more practical, better performing classic for enjoyable everyday use, or a souped-up racer for a diverse range of classic motorsport, you’ll be able to make the correct choices using the tuning ‘menus’ and easy-to-understand troubleshooting tables. This book will teach you how to modify a classic car for any purpose – without wasting money.

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Daniel Stapleton has been developing his own car for years and, through this work, has learned much about the practical problems of tuning and modifying cars. A current and former contributor to numerous magazines inc:Top Car, Fast Car, MG Enthusiast, Track & Race Car, Grassroots Motorsport, & British car, Daniel, after a stint in the RAF, is currently a civil servant. He lives in Nuneaton, England. Recently Daniel has completed over two years of training to become a licensed Motor Sport Association (MSA) Scrutineer and officiates at diverse race meetings throughout the Midlands.

Daniel Stapleton has been a motoring enthusiast since childhood, working Saturdays as a boy in a specialist Jaguar restorers that modified AJ6 Jaguar engines for race and road use. These early experiences gave him a taste for performance modifications which he eventually put into practice with a variety of cars, including those of friends. One great success was an Austin-Healey Sprite that was in a mild state of tune on purchase, but went on to became a test bed for every idea imaginable, and was the core for his original two books on power tuning this particular car. A current and former contributor to numerous magazines – including Top Car, Fast Car, MG Enthusiast, Track & Race Car, Grassroots Motorsport, and British Car – Daniel is a licensed Motor Sport Association (MSA) Car Scrutineer, and officiates at diverse race meetings throughout the Midlands.