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Aircooled VW Engine Interchange Manual - This book fills the hi-perfomance gap that the other bug engine books miss. The Books like "How to Rebuild a VW" will tell you specifically what bolts to undo and what to measure. The "How to Hotrod" book gets into the specifics about what the various mods do for your horsepower. This book takes all that and tells you what products are available and gives you a general idea about how to choose between them. If you want to win the races, it should be the third bug engine book you buy.
(Added: 15-Apr-2001 Hits: 6104 )

How to Hotrod Volkswagen Engines - If you have a VW engine in your off-road car, get this book. It covers everything that has to do with pushing a VW engine to it's limits. Advantages as well as disadvantages of certain performance modification are clearly explained. Highly Recommended!
(Added: 14-Dec-2000 Hits: 3875 )

How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine - Another must have. While the "How to Hotrod..." book has an indepth explanation of the high performance aspects of a VW engine, this book covers the small details of removing, rebuilding and reinstalling the VW engine. Highly Recommended.
(Added: 14-Dec-2000 Hits: 3885 )

FAQ on Motor Oils - FAQ on Motor Oils This FAQ about motor oils is in two main sections. The first section, on motor oils, thier use, properties and limitations was authored by a member of the Antique Tractor mailing list. His name is Guy...
(Added: 11-Dec-2000 Hits: 1056 )

Fuel_Basics.htm - Fuel For Thought By Rich Rohrich Part 1 - The Basics It's getting so you can't read the newsgroups or walk through the pits at a racetrack without bumping into a group of racers discussing fuel, and the problems associated...
(Added: 22-Apr-2001 Hits: 807 )

Howstuffworks.com's - The engine in your car is one of the most amazing machines that you use in your day-to-day activities! Find out how it works!
(Added: 19-Dec-2000 Hits: 1644 )

Desktop Dynos: Using Computers to Build and Test Engines - If you're planning to build an engine, consider reading this book before you start picking parts. It's loaded with theory and science on wave tuning, cam design, engine geometry and more; and it explains how these factors are used in software simulation of an engine.
(Added: 20-Mar-2002 Hits: 1276 )

Home Dyno Software - Home Dyno ($40) A "software only" solution designed for the "do-it-yourselfer". There are instructions on this page on how to order an inductive pickup and wire it to a recording device. The recorded "sound" is then converted to a WAV file by loading the sound into your PC via a sound card. The software then performs an analysis on the WAV file to calculate engine HP/torque. These are real HP and Torque numbers and can be quite accurate.
(Added: 29-Sep-2000 Hits: 11880 )

The homemade dyno and rolling road page - How to make your own rolling road dyno. In theory, an inertia dyno is the easiest to build, as you are measuring the acceleration of a large flywheel or drum. The key is in the software and the data aquisition side, making this more of a software problem rather than a mechanical one.

(Added: 7-Sep-2001 Hits: 2657 )

DIY Cylinder Head Porting - Standard Abrasives - It is easy for the do-it-yourselfer to port cylinder heads. All you need is the Standard Abrasives Deluxe Porting Kit, some common tools and some free time. Head Porting for the Do-It-Yourselfer by the technical staff of...
(Added: 11-Dec-2000 Hits: 2864 )

AutoSpeed - Piston Power! - Piston metallurgy is the type of subject where marketing hyperbole can often override good engineering decisions. Is a hypereutectic piston better than a eutectic piston? And what do the terms mean anyway? Here one of...
(Added: 28-Sep-2001 Hits: 790 )

BugShop FAQ: What Exactly is a Bowden Clutch - Symptom: You have excessive shudder/clutch chatter when starting off. Some one told you to adjust your "bowden tube". You thanked them for the advice, but you have no idea what a bowden tube is.
(Added: 28-Sep-2000 Hits: 5422 )

Nate's VW Engine Building Tips - These pages chronicle the build-up of my 1776cc engine for my 1966 E-Z Camper. The main purpose of these pages is to provide first time builders with some basic insight into the correct building of an air-cooled, VW (type 1 or 2) based, up-right engine. It's VERY intimidating for those who have never attempted this before to jump right in and get greasy for the first time, so my hope is to help de-mystify the whole process and possibly answer a few of your questions as well as provide encouragement. With a job like this, it's easy to get overwhelmed if it's looked at as one whole job. ...
(Added: 28-Sep-2001 Hits: 5013 )

Craig's Weird Ideas - Ideas for RX7 motors, distributor-less ignition, air operated clutch, Air-Fuel Meter, and more...
(Added: 28-Sep-2000 Hits: 2983 )

Torque and Horsepower - A Primer - There's been a certain amount of discussion, in this and other files, about the concepts of horsepower and torque, how they relate to each other, and how they apply in terms of automobile performance. I have observed that, although nearly everyone participating has a passion for automobiles, there is a huge variance in knowledge.
(Added: 30-Sep-2000 Hits: 1970 )

AutoSpeed - Eliminating Negative Boost - Part 1 - If boost means power, what's negative boost then? A power loss, that's what. And hunting down and eliminating those negative boosts is a very cheap and effective way of gaining power.
(Added: 28-Sep-2001 Hits: 1112 )

StreetDyno v1.0 - StreetDyno is a tuning tool for the home enthusiast who does not have a big corporation backing their performance buildup but wants to extract the maximum from their combo. In short, it is an easy way to get REAL WORLD dyno results without having to lay out the big $$$ for expensive dyno time.
(Added: 7-Sep-2001 Hits: 1524 )

Snake Oil Explained - Oil Additives - Snake Oil Explained Snake Oil! - Is That Additive Really A Negative? Article by Fred Rau Information for this article was compiled from reports and studies by the University of Nevada Desert Research Center, DuPont Chemical...
(Added: 11-Dec-2000 Hits: 1026 )

General Spark Plug Info - CHANGING SPARK PLUGS ON THE VMAX AND PLUG SCIENCE. With good pics of different plug conditions.
(Added: 28-Apr-2002 Hits: 985 )

John Williamson's - Build Your Own Nitrous Oxide Injection - After messing about with Nitrous on my bike for a while and getting to understand the parameters, and what made it work, how safe it was and more I decided that if I wanted full control, and to be able to fit it to all my subsequent bikes and cars and multi stage setups etc., then I needed to be able to build my own systems at home. This makes it easier to maintain and much cheaper - and you can learn more!
(Added: 14-Dec-2000 Hits: 2036 )