Ford Performance

by Pat Ganahl

Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition provides accurate technical guidance to understanding and building all popular Ford performance engines. This outstanding reference covers the venerable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931472059
• ISBN13: 9780931472053
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Ford performance by Pat Gahnal.

This would have to be the Bible on early ford engines!

Nice Reference Book

Book is a great reference for those who want to learn more about Ford performance engines.

For those who can read

I read the book, many times. One must remember all things start in some type of begining, as this book does. No matter if you are working on a 1954 Ford or a late model 5.0 all things in the bottom end are the pretty much the same. For those that worry about aluminum heads, well, why are GT-40's from Ford cast iron?I have been racing since 1967 and I find the book informative to say the least. Besides I do not need aluminum heads when I get better performance from cast iron and do not have to worry about an aluminum head blowing out in a water jacket with it skimpy .053 thick division. Want to build a Ford buy the book! or listen to some and dump a bunch of bucks and end up getting the book anyway.

Excellent book covering Windsors, Clevelands, FE's, & Limas

If you are building one of the above engines for the first time this is a must have book that teaches you the basic tricks you need. Another reviewer unfairly blamed the book for not covering the new 4.6L engines. It only says on the cover exactly what engines are covered, duh! So, ignore his comments and buy Too Tall Ganahl's book with confidence. The only thing I would have liked to have seen are a casting number list, otherwise an outstanding book.

Lot's of info on FE blocks (seems hard to find)

If you own an FE block engine (390-428 cid), this book is useful. I have found it difficult to find anything on my '65 model 390 and it tells you everything you want to know. The techniques and part #s might be outdated (as one guy says), but the history of the FE and all other "modern" pushrod blue ovals is not. I thought it was worth the 15 bones I paid.

This is an excellent source of Ford Performance Information

This is a great book on building high performance Ford V8 engines, covering the Windsor, Cleveland, "FE" big block series and "385" series big blocks.There is a lot of information here that you won't find elsewhere.Excellent job, Mr. Ganahl!