Turn your VW into a hairy performer! Raven explains everything from low-buck bolt-ons to the ultimate turbocharged, nitrous burning 16-valve, twin-engined rocket. Learn how to choose, install, tune and maintain performance equipment for your Golf, Rabbit, GTI, Jetta, Scirocco, Corrado, and the new Beetle. Improve your engine, transmission and clutch, ignition, carburetion/fuel injection, suspension and handling, brakes, body and chassis. Updated to include new engines, body styles and modifications 1975-98. 2nd edition.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Best way to begin going fast in your VW!,
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This review is from: Water-Cooled Volkswagen Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)
I bought the first edition of this book and also the second. Though some of the information remains the same, there is a wealth of new stuff on the A3 platform VWs. The author even stretches out a bit and gives performance advice for A4-platform cars. The photos are crisp and clean. The author really knows his material and the advice he gives is to be trusted. I have already done a number of things to my A3 Jetta based on this book and have really noticed the improvement in my autocrossing performance, as well as just plain street fun! This alone has made the book worthwhile! Buy it, try it, and then go fast!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Good presentation but lack of any 1.8T info,
This review is from: Water-Cooled Volkswagen Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)
Very well written stuff, especially for non-experts. The forced induction chapter very well covered, but outdated. It is a pitty this book does not give any in-depth info for the famous VW/Audi 1.8T engine. The only reference is on page 22 where the legend says that the new 1.8T may be the wave of the future (although it is released since 1997) BUT mistakenly the photo shows the V5 engine instead of the 1.8T. Very unfortunate to refer to an engine just announced, and not mentioning the state-of-the-art 1,8T being in production since 97... Any way someone may fing a lot of usefull information in this book, although primarily adressed to American owners.
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Water Cooled Performance Handbook,
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This review is from: Water-Cooled Volkswagen Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)
This is a good book for general information, but many of the pictures are outdated, and the author fails to incorporate discussions of the newer technology. There are a few new photos, and a limited amount of focus on the newer cars on this "Revised" version.
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A surprising boost in performance can be gained through the use of bolt-on components-parts that do not require taking the entire motor apart to install. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cam belt cover, adjustable cam sprocket, front wheel torque, recurved distributor, cam bearing caps, normally aspirated motor, oil squirter, cam lube, front antiroll bar, rear antiroll bar, horsepower peak, oil return hole, front motor mount, valve guide seals, lash caps, vented rotors, turbo motor, silicone brake fluid, oil galleys, magnetic drain plug, fuel distributor, drilled rotors, cast crankshaft, antiroll bars, brake upgrades Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Beetle, Darrell Vittone, The Club, New Dimensions, Advanced Motorsport Solutions, Stock Stage, James Sly, Replacing Valve Springs, Super Vee, Volkswagen Motorsport New!
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A surprising boost in performance can be gained through the use of bolt-on components-parts that do not require taking the entire motor apart to install. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cam belt cover, adjustable cam sprocket, front wheel torque, recurved distributor, cam bearing caps, normally aspirated motor, oil squirter, cam lube, front antiroll bar, rear antiroll bar, horsepower peak, oil return hole, front motor mount, valve guide seals, lash caps, vented rotors, turbo motor, silicone brake fluid, oil galleys, magnetic drain plug, fuel distributor, drilled rotors, cast crankshaft, antiroll bars, brake upgrades Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Beetle, Darrell Vittone, The Club, New Dimensions, Advanced Motorsport Solutions, Stock Stage, James Sly, Replacing Valve Springs, Super Vee, Volkswagen Motorsport New!
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- Prepare to Win by Carroll Smith on page 181
- Tune to Win: The art and science of race car development and tuning by Carroll Smith on page 139
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