How to Blueprint and Build a 4 Cyclinder Engine: Short Block for High Performance

by Des Hammill

A complete practical guide on how to blueprint, modify and build any 4-cylinder four stroke engine short block to obtain maximum performance and reliability without wasting money on over-specced parts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1874105855
• ISBN13: 9781874105855
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Veloce Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

good technical book

This is a very good book for the first time engine builder. It explains in simple terms the whys as well as the how-to on performance engine building.

An Excellent Resource for the Beginner

I feel this book is an excellent introduction to the complex world of engine building. Having read it I'm beginning to feel competent to develop a plan for the rebuilding of my '71 Ford Pinto 1.6 liter 4-cylinder engine. I certainly know the questions to ask the shop that will machine my block, and I'll know how to check and confirm their work. Exceptionally clear photos are throughout this book and Des Hammill writes in a manner exactly to my novice level of understanding. Another book by Hammill confirms this style is no fluke, because equally as readable is "How to Build and Modify Sportscar and Kitcar Suspension and Brakes". Though the experienced engine builder may not find enough useful pages in this book to paper a birdcage I feel it's a highly informative introduction to balancing and blueprinting a 4-cylinder short block. This book combined with a shop manual specific to your car arms you with the information necessary to tackle your engine rebuild with confidence. I give the book 5 stars because it gave me just the info I was looking for. This book will be used in combination with Peter and Valerie Wallage's: Rebuilding and Tuning Ford's Kent Crossflow Engine.