Four-Stroke Performance Tuning [Hardcover]

A. Bell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 1999

This fully revised and updated edition is one of the most comprehensive references available to engine tuners and race engine builders. Bell covers all areas of engine operation, from air and fuel, through carburation, ignition, cylinders, camshafts and valves, exhaust systems and drive trains, to cooling and lubrication. Filled with new material on electronic fuel injection and computerised engine management systems. Every aspect of an engine's operation is explained and analyzed.

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About the Author

A. Graham Bell is an acknowledged expert on engine tuning, with many years’ experience in this field. Other books to his credit are Modern Engine Tuning, Two-Stroke Performance Tuning and Forced Induction Performance Tuning. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing; 2 edition (January 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859604358
• ISBN-13: 978-1859604359
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,685,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed Book, November 4, 2004

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Nic tatopoulos "NGT" (Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four-Stroke Performance Tuning (Hardcover)

It has tons of info. THe Writer obviously has a very large experience as he writes serious stuff. Its for the advanced racer (its a more difficult read than Maximum boost by corky bell)
I don't like the fact that it writes too much about carburation(75 pages out of 310)
I like that it has real dyno figures and he has hard evidence of what he is telling.
Tons of schematics and pictures.
Very good !

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Foundational book for any high performance library, December 1, 2010

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J. Bartlett (WA state) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four-Stroke Performance Tuning 3rd ed: A practical guide (Hardcover)

I purchased this book after reading the authors equally great book on forced induction. Although it uses some of the same photos the forced induction book is not a rehash of this book.

This is the best and most complete book I have read on building and tuning performance motors.
In the last thirty plus years I have built and tuned several high performance motorcycle engines. I bore my own cylinders, have my own flow bench, balance cranks. I have quite a bit of experience.
Most all my motors have exceeded my expectations.
Some of what is in this book I knew from my experience massaging these motors to be daily drivers. This book is a much less expensive way to learn. This is not a vague "fluff" book like so many in print. If you want to learn regardless of your level of knowledge you will enjoy it. Sizing ports, valves, exhaust head pipes, step headers, primary pipe lengths, and on and on. Just having it all in one book is priceless.

It covers practically every area of engine design and modification well. It covers both motorcycles and cars.
The book is full of tricks that will save you hours, days, and sometimes weeks of work. What is it worth to get the compression ratio, or the cam right on the first try?
Need a chart on how much increase in flow you get from an injector by raising the fuel rail pressure? Got one. How about air cooled vs water cooled valve guide clearances. Got that too.




Great book, cheap at any price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!, January 4, 2009

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T. Sutton (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four-Stroke Performance Tuning 3rd ed: A practical guide (Hardcover)

I find myself frequently refering back to this book. This is a great read for anyone wanting to tune ANY four stroke engine, motorcycle, automotive, modern or vintage. It covers tuning for every way you could drive your machine, street, drag, track racing, endurance. I would give 100 stars for this if I could. The first read through I hurried over a the tables and math, but on the second read through I broke out my motorcycles service manual and a calculator and begain easily planning out my engine modifications.