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High-Performance Diesel Builder's Guide (S-A Design)

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This book is full of excellant info. It is on the technical side, but very thorough. You can tell who wrote it because of the products that are featured, but why not plug your product! Most of us doing high performance work on a diesel should have no problem figuring it out. This book is great if you plan any performance upgrades for you mill, from mild to wild. BUY IT!!!!

The Amazon review says that this book has a chapter on Volkswagen - but it defintely does not. Looks interesting if you are looking for truck info - but nothing there for VW!

While I really liked the direct input from one of the foremost experts in diesel engine performance, Gail Banks, the majority of this book was rehashed information available online or common knowledge from any one of hundreds of diesel truck forums. Sadly, there appears to be much better articles out there disproving alot of the suggested upgrades in here. In fairness, the common thought is to use the upgrades the author lists.
In reality, if you have a diesel truck and wish for more performance, save the money for this book and put it towards fuel - read the forums and join the make specific club/group - like Turbo Diesel Registry for Dodges. There are lots of guys running trucks with lots more power then you can imagine and doing it better ways, in many cases for much less then the suggested methods in here. Very disappointing but typical of a Motorbooks International title- they will publish anything!

I found this book to be very informative and good writting style.
Diesel engines may lead the way for uses of different biomass fuels.
This book gives you ideas and suggestions on how to upgrade and modify
diesel engines for more power and fuel efficiency. There are also quotes
of comments from experts in the field. It also covers information on the
history and performance of light truck diesels.

this book's chapter of the 7.3 Powerstroke is factually incorrect. It says that it has an injection pump and pintle-style injectors which is simply not true. makes me wonder about the rest of the facts in the book.

This guide was sent to the recipient who was very pleased and would highly recommend it. It was received promptly after ordering. Thank you.

I found this book to be extremely informative. I was virtually ignorant about the subject before the reading and now, I at the very least know what questions to ask.

if your new to diesel tuning,this is the book to read,it will clear up any question's that you cannot find else where,