How To Rebuild and Modify Your Muscle Car (Motorbooks Workshop) [Paperback]

Jason Scott (Author)

Book Description

Series: Motorbooks Workshop | Publication Date: December 15, 2006

As cool as classic muscle cars might be, they're only as good as the automotive technology of their era. That's where this book comes in. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, this guide shows how to give your car all the muscle of today while preserving the classic styling of your muscle car.

In this updated and fully illustrated edition of his popular handbook, veteran overhauler and automotive writer Jason Scott takes readers through the step-by-step improvements that will add more power, style, and handling capability to any classic muscle car.

Full-color photos accompany Scott's detailed instructions, covering bodywork and interior restoration, engine enhancements, transmission and axle swaps, suspension, steering, chassis and brake upgrades as well as many other changes that will restore-or maintain-a muscle cars identity while making it perform as if it were built only yesterday.

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Book Description

In this updated, expanded, and fully illustrated edition of his popular handbook, veteran overhauler and automotive writer Jason Scott takes readers through the step-by-step improvements that will give their muscle cars the power and handling of today’s technology while preserving their classic styling. Full-color photos accompany Scott’s instructions, which cover bodywork and interior restoration, engine enhancements, transmission and axle swaps, suspension, steering, chassis and brake upgrades as well as many other changes that will restore—or maintain—your muscle car’s identity while making it perform as if it were built yesterday.

From the Back Cover

Powerful, exciting, and stylish, muscle cars are great fun to restore and drive. But as cool as they already are, you can improve your classic muscle car by adding even more power, style, and handling.

 

Automotive technology has rocketed forward since the last true muscle cars rolled off assembly lines in the early 1970s. To extract the full potential of your muscle car today you need to “restify” it. Restification is a combination of restoration and modification; in essence, it’s a high-performance restoration.

 

High-performance restorations incorporate modern upgrades and enhancements to improve performance, convenience, styling and even safety. How To Rebuild and Modify Your Muscle Car shows you how it’s done using easy-to-understand explanations and step-by-step photography.

 

From converting old drum brakes to fast-stopping discs, to swapping carbs for electronic fuel injection, this is the ultimate guide to making your muscle car go faster, stop quicker, and handle better, while making it look as good as the day it left the factory.

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks (December 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760327750
• ISBN-13: 978-0760327753
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The comprehesive guide., September 1, 2007

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Chris Sellick (South Australia,Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Rebuild and Modify Your Muscle Car (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)

I wanted a good book on modifying cars and this is what I needed.Yet another book in the "Motorbooks workshop" series so you know its going to be good.Its all about bringing any car from the basic model to the muscle car variants up to date.

Plenty of sound advice from what to consider,planning your project,bodywork,interior,long engine blocks,drive train,chassis and so much.This book tells you what you need to know and why.It doesnt get any better than this.Even though this book is quite thorough it still could have done with several more pages.

Its a great book.Highly recommended.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mistated title and therefore misleading, August 1, 2009

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Thomas - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Rebuild and Modify Your Muscle Car (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)

This book is titled wrong. It should be titled, "What to do to Rebuild and Modify Your Muscle Car." It has no business starting the title with 'How'. It does NOT tell you "how" to do anything. It points to different aspects of a car that would be a good idea to modify, and actual brand names of different products that carry such parts (i.e. Edelbrock, Hotchkis, etc.), but it won't show you the first thing about how to make the change. I expected diagrams/photos of how to actually remove the old and replace with the new. It assumes you already have extensive mechanical knowledge or have already resigned yourself to letting someone else do it. It definitely is not for the do-it-yourself guy who is competent with tools, but has no experience (but wants to try). I noticed that the other review that gave it 5 stars actually says the exact same thing as me. He says the book showed him WHAT to change, and WHAT to look for to modify a car. I couldn't agree more, but WHAT isn't HOW. Why he gave it 5 stars is beyond me (must have been a mechanic who just needed direction?). The author needs to look up the different terminologies of What vs. How, and how they are really not synonymous as he apparently believes that they are. I hate being mislead, hence the single star rating. Anyone want to buy a cheap book?