How to Build a Cheap Sports Car (Motorbooks Workshop) | Keith Tanner

How to Build a Cheap Sports Car (Motorbooks Workshop) | Keith Tanner | This one should get 6 stars!

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	How to Build a Cheap Sports Car (Motorbooks Workshop) Keith Tanner Motorbooks, 2005 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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Share in the trials and tribulations of turning a bare frame and wrecked Miata into a racetrack demon, and learn how to build a sports car of your own along the way. This book provides specific answers to common questions and covers the entire building process, including the post-build fine-tuning of the car that is necessary to extract the car's full performance (and fun) potential.

Miata Locost

This book is an excellent place to start if you are considering building a locost. It is sort of a broad overview, as this guy bought a kit, but then methodically turned it into a supercar. The execution of the build is top notch, and I certainly learned a lot from the down-to-earth, yet genuinely entertaining writing style. If you think you may be ready to build a sports car of any variety, I would consider this book a necessity.

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This one should get 6 stars!

Just finished reading this very enjoyable book. Well written, fun, and very understandable explanations of technical concepts. Photo and text layouts outstanding, and no typos that I could find. A highly recommended companion to the "Champion" book, and/or any (especially US) Locost special builder, whether armchair or greasy fingered! Tanner now on my list of favorite automotive authors, right next to Staniforth and van Valkenburgh.

Excellent build diary, a little light on "how to"

I found this to be an excellent diary of one person's build of a custom sports car. It is well written and enjoyable to read, and the color photos and general production of the book are very good as well. The author tells the story of how he conceived of and built his own car, more or less step by step, and especially highlights the ups and downs of the process. A number of sidebars in the book go into more detail about technical topics, such as "bump steer". I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 because it is strong on "diary" and a little light on "how to". If you want to know "how to", it would be necessary to read some of the other books on this topic in conjunction with this one. Nevertheless, this book was well done and is worthwhile. The author also maintains a web site (cited in the book) that has additional reference material and links that will help with the "how to" part.

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OK book documents one mans project

Maybe I was expecting too much. The book documents one mans kit type project from frame to finish. I was looking for more technical information. The book was too superficial and did not go into the kind of detail I wanted. (The science of suspension geometry, frame design, etc.) I am interested in building a locost from the ground up. - No frame kit. For those looking to build a locost with a frame kit this is an enjoyable read.

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