Tuning Book List

[Corey L. Cole]

James Boughton wrote:
> 
> I would completely disagree.  Physics does not change over
> the years, and the information in this book helped improve
> the power output of a race engine I worked on.  I can't even
> imagine why you would have anything bad to say about it.
> 
> -> ****                 Scientific Design of Exhaust & Intake Systems
> -> by John C. Morrison, Philip Hubert Smith
> 
>  Despite its fancy title this book has very little useful information,
> and most of that is useful only in the sense of being historic.
> 
>  I strongly recommend you see if you can borrow a copy through
> inter-library loan instead of putting out money for it.  Once you look
> at it, you'll see why.
> 
> ====dave.williams at chaos.lrk.ar.us==========

I would have to agree with Dave more than James...Although there are
some
useful nuggets of information in the book, the original edition is
something
like 25 years old.  Some of the equipment he uses is not really germaine
to
today's environment.  (Yes, I know it's easy to make a manometer, but
really,
I think I'd use electronics)  And it doesn't help that Morrison passed
away
after the 2nd edition.

However, it's a _MUCH_ better book than that HPBooks that passes itself
off
as a book about intake and exhaust design.  The author has a stock file
of
about 100 graphics that look like his 8 year old son is his art
director.
The guy has written something like 5 or 6 books, and they all have the
same
first 3 chapters.

Personally, I think that any book that passes itself off as a design of
intake and exhaust systems should at least include a chapter on
simulation.
What with all the 266 to 300 MHz Pentiums floating around, I don't think
computing time is an issue.  NASA has free or nearly free code that
deals with
fluid mechanics in ducts.

Guess I'll get off the soapbox now.
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Corey L. Cole                     | I was standing on the side of the
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