How to Build & Modify Pistons, Rods, & Crankshafts (Powerpro) | Ben Watson

How to Build & Modify Pistons, Rods, & Crankshafts (Powerpro) | Ben Watson | Don't Waste Your Money!

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	How to Build & Modify Pistons, Rods, & Crankshafts (Powerpro) Ben Watson Motorbooks International, 1996 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Too much theory, good engine rebuild info, little mod info

Very disappointing. Expounds at length on crankshaft and piston theory and little on rod theory. Gives theoretical explanation with few examples of real world engines. Duplicates info on teardown, cleaning, preparation, and buildup available from other [better] sources. Very little on how to implement the few mods mentioned. No mention of how to choose a modified rod length; one paragraph on the benefit of lengthening rods. poor parts selection info; few recommendations. This book represents part of a total book on complete engine rebuild while leaving much to be desired. Useful only if it is your only source of engine info. As a book on how to modify pistons, rods and cranshafts it falls short. For instance, "How to Build and Modify Ford 60 degree V-6 Engines" offers equal info to this book plus much more on how to modify pistons, rods and crankshafts, not to mention oil pumps, heads, valve train, intakes and exhaust.

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Nothing even remotely close in this book related to the title,...doesn't show you how to modify much of anything, if anything at all,...even has some incorrect information on it, talking about gas ported pistons, his explanation is totally wrong,...says the reason holes are drilled in the piston top behind the ring is to relieve gas pressure, when in fact you drill holes in the piston top to create pressure behind the ring to increase the sealing pressure. Common sense would tell you there is more pressure on top of a piston than behind the ring to begin with. I would give this book a 1/2 or zero star, but that rating is not available.

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