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Four-Stroke Performance Tuning 3rd ed: A practical guide

Four-Stroke Performance Tuning 3rd ed: A practical guide
By A. Bell

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Much-needed third, and 25th Anniversary, edition of one of our strongest backlist titles, first published in 1981, and continuously in print ever since. Updated, with additional text and pics to fill an extra 48pp.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #138961 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-10-30
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 376 pages

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About the Author

A. Graham Bell is an acknowledged expert on engine tuning, with many years’ experience in this field. Other books to his credit are Modern Engine Tuning, Two-Stroke Performance Tuning and Forced Induction Performance Tuning. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.

Customer Reviews

Very detailed Book4
It has tons of info. THe Writer obviously has a very large experience as he writes serious stuff. Its for the advanced racer (its a more difficult read than Maximum boost by corky bell)
I don't like the fact that it writes too much about carburation(75 pages out of 310)
I like that it has real dyno figures and he has hard evidence of what he is telling.
Tons of schematics and pictures.
Very good !

4 Stroke Bible5
This is the best book you can buy for 4 stroke tuning. I have read it 3 times to try and assimilate all the information. If you want to modify an 4 stroke engine, this is the best starting point you can get. Well written, easy to follow and very practical. I have many other tuning books, but this is by far the best. Has up to date information. The megaphone exhaust design is missing in the latest book, so try and get an older copy if you are working on a single cylinder motorcycle engine.

The definitive book for practical tuning4
Prior reading the book for the first time, you won't even imagine the treasure hiding inside it. The author is undoubtedly a very experienced engine builder and after reading the book you could assume that he is a very successful one. But the most wonderful thing is that the author has tried to contain all of his experience into this book. While you read the book you will realize that you are actually in a situation of accumulating some experience. This is a bit exaggerated, as it is well known that hands-on experience cannot compare to any book, but you will feel that the author is providing you with some invaluable tips and facts.
The author is sticking to the facts as derived from his own experience. Facts that might be a bit out of the common sense and common knowledge which sometimes states that "BIGGER IS BETTER".
I am not giving the 5-star rating just because the carburetor chapter gets quite a large part of the book and also because at some points the author should give some more information and practical step-by-step procedures and tips, like for example in the cylinder head porting chapter where i would like to read more things from such an experienced builder.
If the author decide for the next edition to discard the carburetor chapter and try to extend every chapter with a lot more information and step-by step procedures then certainly this book is going to become an encyclopedia of four stroke engine tuning bringing any other similar book completely out of the game.