I've been wanting to turbocharge my car for a few years, but never really learned enough to do it. I want a book with reliable information on turbocharging cars (honda specific). I now have a decent amount of cash to finally build but I want to learn before hand so I don't buy the wrong thing.

I found http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...83814?v=glance , but it has both good and bad reviews.

Thanks :D

 

thats a very good book by corky bell. it has alot of useful information. its somethign ive read way back in the day when i got started and probably helped me not blow up motors lol.get it and read it, will explain alot about internal combustion and the addition of turbocharging

 

I just ordered a copy for myself. should be here by next week. I can't wait.

Most people on the net that I read said this is the bible of turbo charging.

 

idk about the bible. there really isnt a bible for turbocharging but its really helps explain alot of thinsg for peope that dont quite understand the mechanics of it. also honda building books will explain alot on turbocharging hondas i think its called honda/acura engine performance. will give some good tips. not a ton but some

 

Corky Bell's Maximum Boost is and has been the go to turbo charging book for a long time.

 

There is a book by an author name A. Graham Bell which is good. I think its called Forced Induction Performance and Tuning.

 

i thought this book was pretty good when i was starting out
Street Turbocharging by HP Books
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Turboch...ref=pd_sim_b_6

easier to read that Maximum Boost, but that is still a great book.

 

this is the quote i was looking for from Corky Bell's Maximum boost. bad *** book on turbo theory. through the first chapter so far.(i quoted this from a thread a long time ago. i still need to finish the book.)

""the power enhancing capability of the turbo charger has been most thoroughly demonstrated by the grand prix racing cars of the 1977-88 era of formula 1

the comparison of a top fuel dragster with that of a formula 1 race car will establish the turbo's credentials. current output of top fuel cars with a 500 cid engine is suggested to be 5-6000 horse power. which calculates to be about 10 hp per cubic inch. these numbers are not favorable compared to the 1300-1400 hp 90 cubic inch qualifying engines for the 1987 formula 1 cars. these outputs represent 14-15 hp per cubic inch.""

i am pretty sure the book was published in 1997. i know top fuel is pushing 8000 hp now, but even still, thats still 16 hp per cube. just some food for thought. i am not a reader, but this book is very interesting. i am liking it so far. it is a good way to see the net power gain from a turbo and the net power gain from a super charger. this post is a cliff notes version. but the book is really good so far.

 

i have maximum boost, forced induction performance and tuning, and some other book I cant remember the name of.

forced induction peroformance tuning from what I remember was a little more basic than maximum boost (great book)