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Books for ecomodders and hypermilers
Hey guys,
I thought it might be cool to begin a thread devoted to books relevant to interests similar to that of our own.
I'll start:
Tom Vanderbuilt's "Traffic: Why we Drive The Way We Do"
This book gets to the heart of the matter. It has made me a better driver, who is ultimately more informed about the behavior of people on the road and the parameters of the driving world in general.
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07-16-2011, 12:32 PM
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Aerodynamics of road vehicles by Wolf-Heinrich Hucho.
Everything you need to know about car aerodynamics, and more.
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07-16-2011, 01:50 PM
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+1, maybe we need a dedicated LIBRARY thread into which 'recommended' books can be listed!?!?
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07-16-2011, 02:03 PM
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The prop builder's molding & casting handbook. by Thurston James - Betterway Publications (1989) - Paperback - 236 pages - ISBN 1558701281
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07-16-2011, 02:12 PM
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Fiberglass Repair and Construction Handbook by Jack Wiley
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I have read the Traffic book from the Portland area library system. Good stuff!
At the Portland swap meet this year which pretty much is 90% 50's to 70's hotrods, OEM's, and 10% OTHER; I like to look for bargain basement priced interesting used car books.
I picked up a $5 paperback: How to get more miles per gallon! 104 pages of text relating 282 tips. It's an old book, (1978) so basically it mostly has to do w cars w carbs, but it is still useful.
The author is Robert Sikorsky. The Library of Congress Catalog Card # is 78-3973
St. Martin's Press
175 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10010
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I picked up a $5 paperback: How to get more miles per gallon! 104 pages of text relating 282 tips. It's an old book, (1978) so basically it mostly has to do w cars w carbs, but it is still useful.
The author is Robert Sikorsky. The Library of Congress Catalog Card # is 78-3973
St. Martin's Press
175 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10010
The better one by the same author is:
DRIVE IT FOREVER
which first came out in the late 1970's IIRC. I have read it a half-dozen times or more since then (thru early 90's), given it away, copied it, etc. A real help getting started (past magazine articles) back in the 1970's.
Both books may be slightly out-of-date or contain errors, but are written in an easy to remember style. A common sense approach.
Only in America do we park a pair of cars worth $70,000 outside of an insulated, weathertight garage built for them so that $1,800 dollars worth of used toys, bicycles and clothing can be "stored".
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Only in America do we park a pair of cars worth $70,000 outside of an insulated, weathertight garage built for them so that $1,800 dollars worth of used toys, bicycles and clothing can be "stored".
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Not in my garage. Pics after the wife wakes up.
regards
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07-21-2011, 10:18 AM
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History
I'm on chapter 4 currently and I've got to tell you, this is a great book. It's incredibly easy to read and very interesting.
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