Best type 4 engine rebuild book or guide? |
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Best type 4 engine rebuild book or guide? |
Tdskip |
Apr 26 2019, 08:02 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,697 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Looking to learn more about our engines, I've found rebuild guides to be a great resources on some of my other cars.
Is there a go-to source for these you can recommend? Thanks! |
bbrock |
Apr 26 2019, 11:17 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Just a quick word as someone who has used both Haynes and Tom Wilson's books to rebuild engines. The Haynes is barely adequate to get the job done and is missing some stuff that you may regret not knowing later (like reusing old valves might grenade your engine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) ). Wilson's book is WAY better but lacks some information I've learned from this group about things that contribute to a quality build. Things like decking the case to make sure cylinder registers are even and perpendicular to the crank, and cc'ing heads for getting the compression ratio you want when setting deck height.
I'm not knocking those books. They are great (especially Wilson's book). I just wanted to share my experience of what was missing that I wish I had known. |
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