Customer Reviews

Pro Engine Blueprinting (Motorbooks Workshop)

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While not an expert, I am also not a novice engine builder. So, buying a book titled "Pro Engine Blueprinting" I had certain expectations. Mainly, I expected to see either an intelligent discussion of advanced concepts or at least the specific viewpoint of an expert on these advanced topics. Instead, the book is at a very basic level. It does describe some rudimentary aspects of engine building in a very basic manner. The editing is poor and there are many typos. I do not reccomend this book. But if you are a novice and still want it, I am selling my copy!

Really good information, and I'm glad I bought it, but I really wish the author would consider doing a revision. It appears as though he just discovered CTRL-C, because there is a lot of repetition of information. So it's thorough, but if you're judging by the number of pages there's probably at least 10 pages of repetition. On the other hand if you'r into skimming chapters this makes sure you don't miss anything covered earlier.

As a mechanical engineer I think some of his reasoning is a bit off, as far as things like metallurgy are concerned, despite that his conclusions seem reasonable.

I'd buy it again but read it with a grain of salt and there's definitely room for improvement.