Easy, effective and affordable street-legal modifications you can make at home! This detailed guide to selection, installation, and modification of intake and exhaust equipment will guide you step-by-step through every turn of the wrench and explain the theory behind intake and exhaust systems and how their components work. Main focus is on intake manifolds, exhaust headers, pipes, and mufflers.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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I Returned This Book,
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This review is from: How to Build and Modify Intake and Exhaust Systems (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)
This book is not at all what I expected. It is a *really* basic approach to how this stuff works. No real theory at all. I decided to return it within ten minutes of receipt. I like Watson's style, but I did not like the book. It would be good for a newbie who doesn't know anything yet. A better title would be 'General Information on Really, Really Basic Principles of Automotive Operations: With EFI' or 'Induction for Dummies: When to Use a Dual-Plane Intake'. The book is mistitled; I'd give it 2.5 stars, but the title gets Zero stars.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Good informational book, but title is misleading,
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This review is from: How to Build and Modify Intake and Exhaust Systems (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)
Watson's book is quite informational, though I have to admit I did not read it cover to cover. I assumed that the book was written for hints and formulas to custom fabricate intake manifolds and exhaust headers. I was incorrect, the book explains several different types of intakes, and such, covering carburetors, forced induction, emissions, exhaust, and the likes. However nothing is given on fabrication of said parts.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Misleading and poorly published,
By Tony Rausch (Great Falls, MT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Build and Modify Intake and Exhaust Systems (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)
5/9/00This book has many typo errors and is poorly published. Example: Page 101 continues on page 104, while page 102 starts in the middle of a paragraph that has no beginning anywhere in the book. Mr Watson has some nice pictures but does not cover even basic theory. He quotes others and repeats himself. The technological shallowness makes the title misleanding. If you can modify an exhaust system after reading this book, you did not need it to began with! Mr Watson does give some funny stoies, so if you want a joke book this could be it!
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The Hundred-Mike Column Above the Earth is a column of air that rises over 100 miles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fresh air tube, percent volumetric efficiency, central plenum, mass air flow sensor, dual plane manifold, coolant sensor, single plane manifold, haust gases, coolant temperature sensor, fuel pressure regulator, intake runners, fold pressure, air temperature sensor, haust system, alytic converter, intake system, low engine speeds, manifold runners, throttle position sensor, throttle plates, intake manifold, volt reference, oxygen sensor, exhaust headers, low end torque Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Power Flow Air Filter System, Turbocharger Kit, Doug Thorley Headers, Dual Carb, California Air Resources Board, Carb No No Victor, Federally California, Bittle American, Number Manufacturer, Gale Banks Engineering, Short Header, Hedman Header, Action Plus, Adroit Products, Ford Mustang, Pikes Peak, Power Air Booster, United States, Carb Street, Chevrolet Camaro, Environmental Protection Agency, Gasket Company, Stubbie Header New!
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The Hundred-Mike Column Above the Earth is a column of air that rises over 100 miles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fresh air tube, percent volumetric efficiency, central plenum, mass air flow sensor, dual plane manifold, coolant sensor, single plane manifold, haust gases, coolant temperature sensor, fuel pressure regulator, intake runners, fold pressure, air temperature sensor, haust system, alytic converter, intake system, low engine speeds, manifold runners, throttle position sensor, throttle plates, intake manifold, volt reference, oxygen sensor, exhaust headers, low end torque Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Power Flow Air Filter System, Turbocharger Kit, Doug Thorley Headers, Dual Carb, California Air Resources Board, Carb No No Victor, Federally California, Bittle American, Number Manufacturer, Gale Banks Engineering, Short Header, Hedman Header, Action Plus, Adroit Products, Ford Mustang, Pikes Peak, Power Air Booster, United States, Carb Street, Chevrolet Camaro, Environmental Protection Agency, Gasket Company, Stubbie Header New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Bosch Automotive Handbook by Robert Bosch on page 7, and page 84
- Automotive Handbook by Intel Corporation on page 7
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