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Pro Engine Blueprinting (Motorbooks Workshop)

Pro Engine Blueprinting (Motorbooks Workshop)
By Ben Watson

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Product Description

This do-it-yourself guide is applicable to all engines and manufacturers, and describes what blueprinting is, what it does, and why its important to you. Planning, tools, reading and understanding blueprints, cylinder blocks, crankshafts, connecting rods and more are covered to keep you in tune with your engine.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #746729 in Books
  • Published on: 1997-12-13
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 144 pages

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This book has a misleading title.1
While not an expert, I am also not a novice engine builder. So, buying a book titled "Pro Engine Blueprinting" I had certain expectations. Mainly, I expected to see either an intelligent discussion of advanced concepts or at least the specific viewpoint of an expert on these advanced topics. Instead, the book is at a very basic level. It does describe some rudimentary aspects of engine building in a very basic manner. The editing is poor and there are many typos. I do not reccomend this book. But if you are a novice and still want it, I am selling my copy!

Good information but waiting for version 23
Really good information, and I'm glad I bought it, but I really wish the author would consider doing a revision. It appears as though he just discovered CTRL-C, because there is a lot of repetition of information. So it's thorough, but if you're judging by the number of pages there's probably at least 10 pages of repetition. On the other hand if you'r into skimming chapters this makes sure you don't miss anything covered earlier.

As a mechanical engineer I think some of his reasoning is a bit off, as far as things like metallurgy are concerned, despite that his conclusions seem reasonable.

I'd buy it again but read it with a grain of salt and there's definitely room for improvement.