Volkswagen Sport Tuning: For Street and Competition (Engineering and Performance) [Paperback]

Per Schroeder (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The information is thorough and provides a wealth of information about setting up a car for competition . . .if you want to drive a Volkswagen in autocrossing, SCCA I.T. racing or time trials, I doubt you will find a better book to help you along. -- Brendan Lopez - European Car Magazine, June 1998

From the Publisher

Volkswagen Sport Tuning for Street and Competition by Per Schroeder covers all water-cooled Volkswagen models from the early Rabbit, Fox and Scirocco to today's Golf, Jetta, GTi, Passat and Corrado. Owners and enthusiasts, novice and seasoned drivers will find this book to be an indispensable reference for autocrossing, road racing and street legal driving. For all your water-cooled high performance needs, refer to the single most comprehensive source of information available, Volkswagen Sport Tuning for Street and Competition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837601614
• ISBN-13: 978-0837601618
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #568,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference for the novice VW tuner., October 15, 1999

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Jim Schmidt (Brunswick, MD, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen Sport Tuning: For Street and Competition (Engineering and Performance) (Paperback)

Water-cooled VW enthusiasts who are new to the hobby like myself can learn a lot from this book. Particularly helpful is this author's effort to explain his advice and recommendations in a broadly understandable way. While a lot of the information is generally applicable there is a focus on the A2 chassis cars. Since that's what I am interested in the more's the better. The book is also a good attempt to explain specifically for VW's the modifcation rules for the various classes in SCCA racing. I have seen articles explaining this as well or better in some of the racing hobby mags but buying the book can be easier than tracing down back issues. There is a very nice list of resources for parts and equipment in the appendix, it is the most extensive I've seen. If you have a water-cooled VW and you want to work on it to enhance its' performance this is one of the books that should be on your shelf, especially if you aren't certain of what you should/can do to it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginners-- tons of tidbits for old VW drivers, August 10, 1998

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Matt Wright ([e-mail] (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen Sport Tuning: For Street and Competition (Engineering and Performance) (Paperback)

Some readers have complained that this book is geared too much toward the autocrosser, or that any regular reader of performance auto magazines will already know everything this book has to offer. That may be true to the reader that just looks at the pictures and reads the photo captions. But a thorough review of the text will uncover a gold mine of technical info. I found lots of tech tips that I may have already known, but the book explained the concepts to me thoroughly and technically, adding to my understanding, and thus ability to perform technical performance modifications to MY car. Schroeder explains the why and the why not, where most authors just tell you what to do. There is also tons of info on road racing, including exact instructions on how to stay within the rules of each class, both on a road course or autocross course. Overall, I would applaud this author for compiling a wealth of information for the VW enthusiast, be it the back yard race car builder or owner of the latest generation VW hot hatch. Your library (and bank of knowledge) will be incomplete without this title.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good, basic text on VW sport tuning, May 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Volkswagen Sport Tuning: For Street and Competition (Engineering and Performance) (Paperback)

As a relative newcomer to VW 'hot rodding', I found the information in this book to be very useful. Unlike some books that concentrate on the powerplant alone, this book covers all aspects of sport tuning VWs, from ignition to suspension and tires. The book does have a heavy slant towards preparing VWs for autocross competition, but also has modifications for spec racer and plain old street performance. Most modifications have crossover potential between all three classes, limited only by racecar preparation rules (or the law for street vehicles). I especially liked the section on recommended modifications given a set budget. I would definitely recommend this book to people who want to get started tuning VWs.