The book thread

[oldcorollas]

"Race Car Vehicle Dynamics"

http://www.sae.org/technical/books/R-146

The best book on car dynamics ever written. It's pretty complex and not for everyone though. (I can't follow a lot of it ...)

Is there much difference between the '95 and '97 versions?
the 97 version seems to command a bit of a premium over the original..

is the "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments"
also worth getting?

SAE
hardcover 1995 R146 = $100 http://www.sae.org/servlets/productD...&PROD_CD=R-146
softcover? 1997 R146SET = $150 http://www.sae.org/servlets/productD...D_CD=R-146.SET
prob/exp book R280 =$70 http://www.sae.org/servlets/productD...&PROD_CD=R-280

Amazon US (same price, faster shipping) (but says hardvoer for the more exxy one too??)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...mics&x=11&y=17

Amazon UK.. 115 and 189 pounds?? w t f
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_...mics&x=15&y=19

better to get the R146SET? need the Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments as well

also
"Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics (R114) by Thomas D. Gillespie "?? anyone got it?

ps.. anyone an SAE member?

[Billzilla]

Is there much difference between the '95 and '97 versions?
the 97 version seems to command a bit of a premium over the original..

is the "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments"
also worth getting?

Dunno if there's any real difference with the two copies. I've got that other book, it's not much use without the first one and then it's really only a long exam book.
(I think, I haven't looked at it for a while)

[oldcorollas]

fair enough, thanks!
time to take advantage of the wonderful exchange rates

[Grega]

Title: Maximum Boost

Author: Corky Bell

What its about: Designing Testing and Installing Turbochargers

Complexity: Basic to very technical.

good points: very diverse book covering lots of good info (albeit old) on turbocharging

bad points:not many

comments: if you want to learn more about turbos and how they work ; what they do ; and how they do it ; this book is well worthwhile.

[the_random_hero]

Title: Maximum Boost

Author: Corky Bell

What its about: Designing Testing and Installing Turbochargers

Complexity: Basic to very technical.

good points: very diverse book covering lots of good info (albeit old) on turbocharging

bad points:not many

comments: if you want to learn more about turbos and how they work ; what they do ; and how they do it ; this book is well worthwhile.

I highly recommend this, along with "Supercharged!", also by the same author. I got them both for Xmas, slowly working my way through them.

[RobertoX]

Anything by Caroll Smith, is awesome, for both beginners and the more experienced I think.



"Racecar Vehicle Dynamics" by Milliken and Milliken is the bible of vehicle dynamics texts.


"The Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics"

If you are after something a bit more challenging than Milliken & Milliken. A more modern approach I believe, a good basis for simulation and that sort of thing.



"The braking handbook"

by Fred Phun is a very good book on brakes. Anybody who is thinking about brake mods or building a system should read this.



"The Shock Absorber Handbook"

Is great for shock design and understanding them.



"competition car suspension"
By Allan Staniforth
is ok, it has some history and a bit of math (brief introduction to geometry etc for beginners).



"Chassis Engineering"
Herb Adams
This guy is old school, likes American cars. He probably knows a lot about setting up a 70's/80's NASCAR but shouldn't have written a book.


There is a really good Tyres book by Dixon but I can't remember the name of it.

edit

ps.. anyone an SAE member?

What would you like?

[Rat-a-tat-tat]

I think he has also done a forced induction specific book, and another which delves deeper into more modern tuning.

I like this because it isn't engine type specific.

Also



For those who like to crunch some numbers.

[Rat-a-tat-tat]

Actually it looks like there's a third edition now -



Forced induction

[oldcorollas]

Forced induction

i've just ordered this one along with max boost.

Corky Bells Supercharged is ok, but doesn't really get that deep into things. it is a good introduction to the subject if you have only just started looking into it, and he makes some good points on mounting etc, but not as specific as i would have liked.

another couple of books worth borrowing are Philip Smiths
"Scientific design of intake and exhaust systems" and
"Scientific design of racing engines"
both approach design from a more scientific basis, and has some formulas for calculating stuff as starting points.
well out of print and first released a while ago, but a good read. I have the second one, and the first one can be borrowed from UNSW library (interlibrary loan from your local?)

[Sam_Q]

I have and have read a copy of "Scientific design of intake and exhaust systems", I have ot say it did my head in