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Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:28 pm
by Balt21
Alright, so I have to give an informative speech for communications and I think I'm going to do it on forced induction for cars. When i was in 1551 I think, I did a paper comparing tubos to superchargers, so I already have alot of background info on them and what not typed out. My only problem is I need 5 sources and 3 of them need to have been published/posted within the last 3 years. I already have a book called "how to tune and modify engine management systems" that im going to use for some of it, but it was published in 2003. It also only touches on the subject briefly, b/c as you can guess, it's mainly about tuning lol. So if anyone knows of any recent books/articles/websites that are credible and can let me know it would be appreciated. I'm gonna check garrett's website to see when there turbo tech section or whatever was published because that would be a good source, but right now my computer won't connect to that site for whatever reason.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:55 pm
by CruxSucks
i know summit has like an entire row of books about building engines and stuff like that. alot of them are like "how to modify a small block chevrolet" and they look like they are from the 1970's, but some of them are newer. i think some are even vehicle model specific, but you could still use them for a source. i dont know if their website lists them, it may or may not be worth a trip out there to check it out. i know for sure some of them are on forced induction, but i have no idea when they were published. too bad the clearance table is usually a joke, or else the trip wouldnt be a waste for sure.

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:39 am
by Markdawg20

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:46 am
by Running925
Evan's Tuning has published a lot of good info. It's a business's website so i'm not sure if that would count for your published content or not.

Anything related to technology shouldn't be printed in a book anyways as it's so rapidly outdated, but thats a whole nother issue.

If you need any questions answered on the subject, i can probably answer anything related to forced induction. (function wise, not history)

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:26 am
by Slick Nick


Maximum Boost FTW!

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:16 pm
by Balt21
Thanks for the help guys, I'm gonna see if I can get one of those books and might take a trip to summit if i get a free weekend here soon. If I come across any questions i have i'll shoot them your way tony and see if you can help me out.

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:50 pm
by drewboi
check Barnes and nobles i saw some there one day

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:27 pm
by 6spdscreaminchickin
drewboi wrote:check Barnes and nobles i saw some there one day

and the lieberry!!!

Re: Books on forced induction?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:56 am
by Lithium Lotus
I remember that class, I did a comparison of street racing versus drag racing for my speech.

Personally, I would do it on something less technical. It'll be as interesting as comparing a halogen lightbulb to a bi-xenon projector to non-car people.