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Title: How to Build Horsepower by David Vizard ISBN: 0-931472-24-5 Publisher: Motorbooks Intl (Short Disc) Pub. Date: June, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Overview
Comment: This book is a must read for anyone who wants to do any tuning work on their car whatsoever. This is a rare book because the author is actually in possession of a flow bench and chassis dyno which allow him to test all of the ideas presented. He debunks a number of myths about how to actually get more power out of your engine. He also gives some coverage to just about every kind of modification you can make to your engine and gives you an educated opinion about whether or not it is worth your time. The general focus of the book is on American V8's, but I found that all of the informatoin was general enough to apply nicely to my Italian V6s and German inline 4 cylinder cars. The format of the book leaves a little bit to be desired (As do the photos) but the material is so good that it becomes irrelevent. If you are not interested in actually tuning your car but just want to know how it is done, you should still read this book: it's a good one.

Rating: 4
Summary: How to Build Horsepower ( for those who never thought of it)
Comment: Vizard's Book is an excellent reference and text book for anyone who wishes to learn how to maximize the performance of any engine. It is an unnasuming text that does not assume a certain level of Knowledge, yet allows one to stretch and grow with it as one gains knowledge and understanding.

Starting with simplest and cheapest mods and then expanding to more exotic upgrades.

David Vizard also ellaborates on downsides of various upgrades in the from of decreased reliability and or economy.

One downfall to the book is lack of coverage of fuel injection.

Reference in book is to Vol 2, for further info on such systems, yet attempts to locate vol 2 has been unfruitfull

Rating: 5
Summary: One of his best
Comment: An outstanding effort by David Vizard. This book contains a lot of info about flow bench work, and air flow in ports. The workings of carburetors, carb sizing, manifold types and where and why they differ. I go back to his books every time I consider making an engine modification.

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