Herbold Racing!

The engine building books that I ordered from Amazon has arrived, as well as the factory service manuals that I won on Ebay. They got here just in time, I am leaving for GDC (Game Developers Conference) tonight. I will be back from GDC on Friday night. The books should give me [...]

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The MoPar Performance Books that I won on Ebay - Small Block ‘A’ Engines and the Chassis 9th Edition, have arrived today. I skimmed through the chassis book and it sure is chock full of useful information, and these books are definitely intended for the novice drag racer.

Last night I also won the [...]

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Yes!  I managed to place the winning bids on both the Chassis and Body Factory Service Manuals for the 1973 Plymouth, Chrysler, and Imperial car models.  I very nearly lost the Body manual to someone else.  But lady luck shone on me and I should be getting the manuals in the mail in a few days!  [...]

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I found two of the recommended books on Ebay, placed bids on them, and won them.  They are the MoPar Performance Chassis and Engine books.
All that remains are the Factory Service Manuals - one of the MopowerStyle forum members found them on Ebay for me.  The auction for them don’t end until Wednesday.  Zero bids [...]

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I found two of the recommended books on Amazon.
“How to Rebuild your Small Block MoPar” by Don Taylor and Larry Hofer
“How to Hot Rod Small Block MoPar Engines” by Larry Shepard
I went ahead and ordered them.

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I started yet another thread over at the MopowerStyle Forums.  This time I asked what books I should be looking to buy that would educate me about the finer points of engine building.  Specifically, how to take the engine out of the car.  There should be an “Engine Building for Dummies” book out there for [...]

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