S A Design imprint: 84 books

This book gives considerations for both stock and performance rebuilds and guides you through both the easy and tricky procedures, showing you how to rebuild your engine and ensure it is working perfectly. As with all Workbench titles, this book details and highlights special components, tools, chemicals, and other accessories needed to get the job done right, the first time.

Proven methods for increasing horsepower in any engine. Explains the latest and most effective engine building techniques and strategies. Vizard's unique and entertaining style of writing clearly explains the key principles and provides extreme detail.

In this Workbench series title, the focus is on the disassembly, inspection and step-by-step rebuild of the most popular high-performance differentials. It includes step-by-step disassembly, inspection, and reassembly procedures for many popular Dana, Borg Warner and Chrysler differentials.

Author Bill Trovato is recognized for being one of the most successful Oldsmobile engine experts, and he openly shares all of his proven tricks, tips, and techniques for this venerable power plant. In this revised edition of Oldsmobile V-8 Engines: How to Build Max Performance, he provides additional information for extracting the best performance.

All modern vehicles are produced with fuel injection. Fuel injection tuning is the safest and most reliable way to gain more horsepower in your engine. This book provides in-depth explanations of fuel injection tuning by one of the industry's most well-known and well-respected tuners.

Author John Baechtel explains airflow dynamics through an engine in layman's terms so you can easily absorb it and apply it. The principles of airflow are explained; specifically, the physics of air and how it flows through major engine components, including the intake, heads, cylinders, and exhaust system.

Not only are the performance and flexibility aspects of engine swaps covered in great detail, but there are significant cost benefits as well. This is the first book to thoroughly explain the GM LS-Series Gen III PCM and how they can be efficiently used, and contains key information helpful to people swapping LS Series engines into older musclecars.

This is packed with detailed photos and comprehensive captions, where you are guided step-by-step through the disassembly, machine work, assembly, start-up, break-in, and tuning procedures for all iterations of the 4.6-/5.4-liter engines, including 2-valve and 3-valve SOHC and the 4-valve DOHC versions....

Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair teaches you how to select the proper tools, preparing and cleaning sheet metal, section fabrications and patches, welding options, forming fitting and smoothing, cutting metal, final metal finishing and more.

GM Turbo 350 Transmissions: How to Rebuild & Modify guides you through the complex rebuild procedure of GM’s popular rear-wheel-drive automatic transmission. This is the only book on this subject in full color.

Mopar expert and author Larry Shepard clearly guides you through the specific techniques to extract maximum performance from your Mopar small-block. In particular, he delves into the heads, cams, and valvetrain products and modifications that will achieve your horsepower goals. Additionally, he provides...

From mild to wild, from stock to modified, the book covers everything you need to know about rebuilding and modifying the legendary 348-409 engines.

This book explains how to use glass strand mat, woven fiberglass cloth, carbon fiber cloth, and hybrid fabrics. Also shown is how to correctly mix the typical resins (polyester, epoxy), hardeners, and gels. All the relevant tools are discussed. Constructing wood patterns to exacting standards from wood, Formica, aluminum, and other materials is essential and covered in detail.

Millions of Chevrolet vehicles were built and sold in the 1960s and 1970s, and the great majority of those were rear-wheel-drive models with differentials known as 10-bolts or 12-bolts. In Chevy Differentials: How to Rebuild the 10- and 12-Bolt, author Jefferson Bryant walks you through the entire...