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10-31-2003, 09:36 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 20
|  How Can I Learn About Cars?
I know very little about cars and I wanna know more....
I have the basic knowledge and stats but when I look under the hood or here conversations about parts, I don't know why people recommend certain things cuz I dunno what makes them better....
Where should I start to learn?
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10-31-2003, 09:47 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Roscoe, NY
Posts: 917
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read... read every thing you kan find on or about cars/engines/transmitions everything and pay attention when people who do know what they are talking about talk to u.... | |
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10-31-2003, 10:22 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Mission viejo California
Posts: 1,159
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nope the best way is to buy as mny decals as you can for engine parts stick them ALL over your car and say you have all the parts... i mean who cares if you have 7 exaust decals you can have them all if you say you do!!!
honestly the best way... go to your local community collage and take an automotive class... this will give you a basic understand of everything and I'm sure you can meet up with a few people with modified cars and they can help ya over all just read up learn about it from these and other boards... 2 months ago when i joinnned htis board i couldn't tell the differance between a turbo'd engine and a supercharged engine
now I can tell ya basics on both hehe... theres no stupid questions always search for your question it may have been answered before to save from asking the same question for the 80th time =) | |
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10-31-2003, 11:02 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Read, learn, listen and most importantly...do.
There's nothing that taught me more about cars than actually tinkering with tem. It'll make you nervous as hell for a while, but it works.
Jim
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11-01-2003, 12:10 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meriden, CT
Posts: 2,055
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Here's what's in my library:
Bell , A. Graham
- "Forced Induction Performance Tuning: A Practical Guide to Supercharging and Turbocharging"
- "Four Stroke Performance Tuning"
Bell , Corkey
- "Maximum Boost: Designing, Testing and Installing Turbocharger Systems"
- "Supercharged! Design, Testing and Installation of Supercharger Systems"
Davis, Earl (and/or Diane)
- "Supercharging, Turbocharging & Nitrous Oxide Performance Handbook"
Holdener, Richard
- "How to Build Honda Horsepower: Dyno-Verified Results"
- "High-Performance Ford Focus Builder's Handbook"
Jacobs, Christopher
- "Performance Ignition Systems: Electronic or Breaker-Point Ignition System Tuning for Maximum Performance, Power and Economy"
Lawlor, John
- "Auto Math Handbook: Calculations, Formulas, Equations and Theory for Automotive Enthusiasts"
MacInnes, Hugh
- "Turbochargers"
Monroe, Tom
- "Engine Builder's Handbook: Inspection Machine Reconditioning Valvetrain Assembly Blueprinting Degreeing Cams Tools Engine Assembly"
Pettitt, Joe
- "High Performance Honda Builder's Handbook"
- "High Performance Honda Builder's Handbook, Volume II"
- "Honda Builder's Handbook: How to Build and Tune High Performance Honda Cars and Engines"
- "How to Install and Use Nitrous Oxide"
- "Sport Compact Bolt-On Performance Guide: Import Cars"
- "Sport Compact Nitrous Injection"
Scraba, Wayne
- "1001 High Performance Tech Tips"
Storer, Jay
- "Street Power"
Vizard, David
- "Carburetors & Intake Manifolds"
Voegelin, Rick
- "The Step-by-Step Guide to Engine Blueprinting: Practical Methods for Racing and Rebuilding"
Walker, Dave
- "Engine Management: Optimizing Carburettors, Fuel Injection and Ignition Systems (Haynes High-Performance Tuning Series)"
Watson, Ben
- "How to Tune and Modify Chevrolet Fuel Injection"
Yunick, Smokey
- "Power Secrets" | |
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11-01-2003, 12:12 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meriden, CT
Posts: 2,055
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Oh yeah, and get a subscription to Modified and to Turbo and High-Tech Performance magazines. They have the best technical sections of all the magazines from what I have seen. | |
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11-01-2003, 02:02 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Plainville, CT
Posts: 3,300
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Hmmm
I learned by reading SCC and Motor Trend....laugh all you want. And by working on my car and my friends Firebird (with his dad).
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11-01-2003, 04:20 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 121
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Jim's advice is the best... just do.
I've learned so much this year because I moved to a state by myself for work, and wanted to improve my Saturn without shelling out a ton in labor. So whenever I undertook a project I read the Chilton manual and did a lot of research online. Most of it is generic as well. For instance, changing a fuel pump is 90% the same process in all cars (in tank).
But the real knowledge comes from doing. I'll tell you, almost *everything* dealing with cars is a simple concept.. in theory. But doing is a different story. As the water pump thread pointed out.. the tough part was not figuring out how to change and install the water pump.. it was how to get the stripped bolts off.
Little ****.. good luck! | |
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11-01-2003, 04:42 AM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New House......York, PA
Posts: 11,398
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Agreed......Jim know's what he's talkin about there. I learned mostly by listening, watching, and playin around with the cars that i've owned over the years.
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11-01-2003, 09:46 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Detroit, Mi
Posts: 2,932
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where can you learn about sensors? | |
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