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Engine Blueprinting: Practical Methods for Racing and Rebuilding (S-A Design) (S-a Design S.)

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This book provides the necessary information to get you going toward developing or improving your serious engine building skills. What it doesn't and shouldn't have are the figures for your particular combination. For example: If you are building a small block Ford, it doesn't tell you that your pin height should be XYZ with ABC stroke. What it does do is tell you how use the precision tools required to assemble cylinder heads, short block (including degreeing your cam) and all of the computational formulas needed for compression ratio, CID, etc..etc.

The material is presented well and is full of lots of good information without the common bias for a particular brand engine . Even though Small Block Chevy parts are pictorialized throughout the book, the text and information apply to any motor. An example describing how to check pushrod length and rocker arm geometry alone is worth $....

Impressive, fact-filled read of Engine Blueprinting without forcing you to go step-by-step, but giving them to you in logical order.

Take Care.

Rob!

I purchased and read several engine blueprinting books before undertaking my 396 LT1 stroker project. Voeglin's book is not a step by step guide, unless its been revised since I read it, but it does flow in logical order. What it does have is some of the best and most complete advise on what to check and why. This book is not for the plastigauge set: you'll need a set of micrometers and preferably a dial bore guage, etc. It will definately teach you how to use them.

Like most such books, it centers around the small block Chevrolet, but is not specific to them: he provides information in numerous places where Mopars and Fords deviate from the Chevrolet.

We just bought the updated version of this book to go with our almost worn-out original copy. Hands down, the best book on learning the correct procedures for blueprinting an engine, not just rebuilding it. Anyone who desires to understand the how's and why's of setting up their engine correctly will want to have this book on their workbench. The material is easy to read, pictures are descriptive, and the author makes the understanding of complicated procedures easy to understand.
Even if you cannot perform the machine work, at least you will understand what you need to ask for, the reasons why, and understand if it was done correctly.
In our opinion, a 5-Star rating does not do this book justice. 10-Star would be more like it and it's our hope that Rick Voegelin will consider writing additional technical guides in the near future.

This one book has all advanced assembly methods known to all racing shops. Although a few of the methods listed are out dated, if still is one of the best books I have read on Engine Rebuilding. Blueprinting an engine, is an involved process and this book outlines this process in grate detail.

After 25 years out of the grease, this book is bringing it all back for me. Great detail and easy understanding. A must have for the serious rebuilder.

This is an excellent book, good explanation, stays on subject. Very practical - information you can actually use. Remember, its a book on blueprinting your engine, not building it. Measuring tools, balancing, cam degreeing, clearance and tolerance issues are well covered.

This is an excellent resource for the 1st time engine builder and clearly differentiates blue printing from rebuilding. Don't expect to read this book and understand everything needed to properly rebuild an engine. However, combine this book with "How To Rebuild Your Small Block Chevy" by David Vizard.

I bought this book from Summit Racing, and I was skeptical about the reviews form Amazon. I have no knowledge in blueprinting, but notice it did cover things that was handed down to me when doing engine rebuilds. Let me just say, this book will give you all the secrets into building the perfect high performance engine. Even if you have to take the parts to the machine shop at least you will know what your talking about and what to expect out of the job. You would surprise any machinist. The author who wrote the book, did a great job with photos and details. I really look forward into finishing my LS2 engine (New Block and up) using what I learned from this book. I feel very confidant that the engine will run beautiful and have the horsepower and durability I'm looking for.

This book gives a good overview on common tools and practices in blueprinting an engine but lacks fine detail. Certain machine practices the author just mentions and then states to have your machinist do this. Hello? I bought this book to do the stuff myself and save $$.

I was hoping for a reference that would demonstrate how to cut valve seats and press in inserts and what tools are needed or maybe blueing and port matching your heads and intake (not just gasket matching).

There was some good info offset grinding and welding but again I want more detail on the submerged arcwelder recommended and which electrode. Am I expecting too much?

Hey, if anyone out there knows of a book that is along these lines let me know. I just don't want to spend $600 on the Sunnen manual but I really want to know the in and outs of everything on blueprinting and rebuilding an engine. Specific machining practices and setups, all specialty tools needed, etc.

I have been looking for a good book that walks through the basic of engine blueprinting and explains the steps for building a solid engine. The author does assume that the reader has some knowledge of engine components because he doesn't explain what "journals" or "detonation" are. This made it a little difficult to follow a few sections without need of separate research for the names and locations of some components. It doesn't go into deep specifics for any particular engine. For someone to actually blueprint a specific engine, separate research is still required to know what tolerances are needed for particular motors.

Overall, I found the book very informative and helped provide me with a good, basic understanding of what it takes to blueprint an engine. I will still need to do further research for the particular engine I want to build, but this helps me know what I need to do and things to think about.