FI books

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:21 pm

Can anyone recommend a decent book or two on turbo'ing?

It'll be next yr before my car comes apart but may as well gen up and collect parts in the meantime...

HairbearTE · Post by **HairbearTE** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:46 pm

Bill, Corky Bell has written a book on TC and a book on SC. Both are excellant and I would recommend. Also try Turbochargers: Theory, Installation, Maintenance and Repair by Todd Curless. I have others on the subject too, but these are the best imo. Mike from boosted would be able to better advise you i'm sure.

bill shurvinton · Post by **bill shurvinton** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:59 pm

Hate to disagree, but the Corky bell book is a bag of sh*te. Lots of car pron but not a good book to help you design a boosted setup. Much better is the Alexander G Bell book. http://www.amazon.com/Induction-Perform ... 187&sr=8-1. This does have more sums in it, but you need to do calculations when you are designing a setup and this has them.

I also like the old books by the masters such as Ricardo, Heywood and Taylor, but they are a bit chewy and academic by any standard.

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:34 pm

Thanks chaps. I've ordered the Bell book for starters having found it at a bargain price.

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:55 pm

Nice pdf you can print out and read.
http://www.grapeaperacing.com/GrapeApeR ... argers.pdf
No pretty pictures, buth the maths is there.

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:15 pm

Excellent, ta.

JSF55 · Post by **JSF55** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:40 pm

Email lawrence he's shoving twins on the truck he's building, he hasn't got the T shirt, but he does have the anorak, pmsl, john
oops website ... http://www.project55.co.uk/

bill shurvinton · Post by **bill shurvinton** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:53 pm

Much of the grapeape website is rip offs of old Vizard articles. So whilst there are issues with their scruples, the content is generally first rate.

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Sun May 20, 2007 11:11 am

John, won't bother Law yet, I need to gen up first... Carbie clockwork luddite goes MS, EFI, TT. Steep learning curve or what?!

JSF55 · Post by **JSF55** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:44 pm

LOL, suppose ur right bill, john

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:19 pm

Just a quickie to say the A.G. Bell book is superb... what a good read. Thanks for that pointer.