Honda and Acura Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Hopping-up abundant and relatively inexpensive Hondas and Acuras has become an increasingly popular pastime among automotive enthusiasts. This book responds to that growing demand by detailing and illustrating all of the hi-po knowledge sought out by this growing segment of do-it-yourselfers. In the always-thorough tradition of Performance Handbooks, this treasure trove of information covers all the high-tech modifications that are used to make Civics, CRXs, Del Sols, Preludes, and Integras perform their best for street use, the drag strip, and autocrossing. Tuning enhancements cover everything from swapping chips, aftermarket exhaust and fuel delivery systems, and suspension modifications to full-blown racing conversions. A special chapter explains how to get started in amateur racing with a Honda or Acura.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; 1st edition (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760306699
• ISBN-13: 978-0760306697
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #355,398 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing change, February 6, 2000

By	Bob A (Texas) - See all my reviews

This book was such a refreshing change over the typical import car magazine that tell you just about every performance product is great. I have an Integra Type R (and just visited the author's home page and bought a model of my car), and discovered that most anything I do to my car will probably hurt its performance. Unfortunately, I had already found that out the hard way. The car magazines make their $$ from selling ads and they are not about to dis one of their advertisers. But this guy tells it like it is. He can probably get any performance part he wants for free, so guess what ignition system he uses for his full-blown race car? The stock Honda ignition. Still love reading the magazines, though

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Informative, December 28, 1999

By	Mark Brenden (California) - See all my reviews

Ancas is an excellent writer - no falling asleep at the wheel reading this one. This is an overall well balanced approach to building a Honda project car. Excellent Honda history and an honest approach. He tell you in the first chapter to throw this book away and buy a project that someone else built. Let the other guy spend all the money and take the loss when he sell it to you. Also, it seems sincere and realistic - not the hype you find in magazines: 15 hp from an exhaust! - yeah right. Ancas comes right out and tells you that with most of the new cars (Integra R/GSR) there isn't much you can do to gain power. Most of what you do will end up robbing low end torque. You should also buy the book by Pettit since Ancas doesn't go into how to port a head or build a block - but you would be nuts to try something like that by yourself anyway.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well organized and thought out!, September 10, 1999

By A Customer

Mike Ancus did an excellent job of giving the reader a taste of what the potential of hondas really are. A lot of people with late model civics and integras are just lowering them as low as they can, putting on the loudest muffler while calling it all performance upgrades. He shows what honda tuning is all about. Displaying everything from the mildly daily driver to the wildest racers, while showing the major upgrades as they were needed. What is exceptionally nice is that Mike includes road racing hondas (cars that just don't go in a straight line for a 1/4 mile) as well as the ultrahigh hp dragsters. He also has a sense of a real world budget a quality that most authors of these types of books lack. I am an absolute honda lover, and I think anyone interested in honda tuning should have this book.