Automotive category: 1940 books
Common Rail System for GDI Engines
Modelling, Identification, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Progressive reductions in vehicle emission requirements have forced the automotive industry to invest in research and development of alternative control strategies. Continual control action exerted by a dedicated electronic control unit ensures that best performance in terms of pollutant emissions...
Nonlinear Systems and Circuits in Internal Combustion Engines
Modeling and Control
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
This brief provides an overview on the most relevant nonlinear phenomena in internal combustion engines with a particular emphasis on the use of nonlinear circuits in their modelling and control.
The brief contains advanced methodologies —based on neural networks and soft-computing approaches...
Autonomous Vehicle Technology
A Guide for Policymakers
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
The automotive industry appears close to substantial change engendered by “self-driving” technologies. This technology offers the possibility of significant benefits to social welfare—saving lives; reducing crashes, congestion, fuel consumption, and pollution; increasing mobility for the disabled;...
by David Vespremi
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
So you want to turn your Yugo into a Viper? Sorry--you need a certified magician. But if you want to turn your sedate sedan into a mean machine or your used car lot deal into a powerful, purring set of wheels, you’ve come to the right place. Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies will get you turbo-charged...
Art Deco and British Car Design
The Airline Cars of the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
This is a book about automotive styling, in particular the streamlined styling that defined what are now known as Airline cars. During the mid-1930s the majority of British car manufacturers and coachbuilders experimented with streamlined styling. This fashion was the result of Art Deco, an international...
Citroen
The Complete Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
In this new view of the Citroen story, automotive/aviation writer and design specialist Lance Cole investigates not just the details of the cars of Citroen, but the aeronautical and cultural origins that lay behind Citroen's form and function. The book digs deep into the ethos of Automobiles Citroen...
Custom Auto Wiring & Electrical HP1545
OEM Electrical Systems, Premade & Custom Wiring Kits, & Car Audio Installations for Street Rods, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, Trucks & Restorations
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
This indispensable guide to high performance and OEM automotive electrical systems covers electrical theory, wiring techniques and equipment, custom wiring harnesses for racing, hot rods and restorations, pre-made wiring harnesses, special electrical systems (navigational, audio, video), troubleshooting common electrical problems, dashboards and instrument, and trailer wiring.
High Performance Fasteners and Plumbing
A Guide to Nuts, Bolts, Fuel, Brake, Oil and Coolant Lines, Hoses, Clamps, Racing Hardware and Plumbing Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
The essential reference guide for choosing the right fastener and plumbing for any automotive high performance, custom or racing application.
This user-friendly guide explains high-performance fasteners, plumbing, and all the other hardware used by racers, rodders, restorers and all other auto...
Welder's Handbook
A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding, Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
A newly-updated, state-of-the-art guide to MIG and TIG arc welding technology.
Written by a noted authority in the field, this revised edition of HP's bestselling automotive book-for over 20 years-is a detailed, instructional manual on the theory, technique, equipment, and proper procedures of metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding.
by Andrew Livesey
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
The revised and updated seventh edition of this best-selling reference manual on vehicle body repair brings the book up to date for the current body repair trade. It serves as a comprehensive guide covering the vocationally related qualification (VRQ) required by the modern student and apprentice,...
by James Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Ever since their introduction in 1972, the S-Class saloons from Mercedes-Benz have been considered the pinnacle of automotive excellence. For most of that time, ownership of an S-Class - at least, of a reasonably recent one - has been symbolic of material success and of restrained yet impeccable good...
The Wankel Rotary Engine
A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Conceived in the 1930s, simplified and successfully tested in the 1950s, the darling of the automotive industry in the early 1970s, then all but abandoned before resurging for a brilliant run as a high-performance powerplant for Mazda, the Wankel rotary engine has long been an object of fascination...
by Jason Martin
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Get an easy $2.00 solution to the dreaded ABS, Hill Descent, and Traction Control problem. Plus many more permanent and easy solutions.Mechanics really do have an advantage over the average Joe and save a ton of money on vehicle ownership. I hope to help you gain this same advantage.As...
by Tom Denton
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
The first book on electric and hybrid vehicles (EVs) written specifically for automotive students and vehicle owners
Clear diagrams, photos and flow charts outline the charging infrastructure, how EV technology works, and how to repair and maintain hybrid and electric vehicles
Optional IMI online eLearning...