Books and Web Resources on Vehicle & Automobile tech

vipul_singh · 29th September 2005, 00:08

Hello,

Seeing the content on the Technical sub-forum made me understand that I'd better build my knowledge on various aspects of the car such as suspension and brakes, engines etc. right from the basics

I would be thankful if you could recommend books or web resources which would help me in this respect. One seemingly good resource I found was autospeed.drive.com.au. It seems to have good content (albeit paid). Has anyone tried it? They have a subscription fee of about $35. Is it worth it, and, just as important, are they reliable enough to give them my Credit Card number?

v1p3r · 29th September 2005, 00:14

Google everything. Try Wikipedia also. Howstuffworks.com is another resource.

And there's always www.team-bhp.com!!!

ported_head · 29th September 2005, 00:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by vipul_singh

Hello,

Seeing the content on the Technical sub-forum made me understand that I'd better build my knowledge on various aspects of the car such as suspension and brakes, engines etc. right from the basics

I would be thankful if you could recommend books or web resources which would help me in this respect. One seemingly good resource I found was autospeed.drive.com.au. It seems to have good content (albeit paid). Has anyone tried it? They have a subscription fee of about $35. Is it worth it, and, just as important, are they reliable enough to give them my Credit Card number?

I suggest you stay away from online resources. Though most of them are pretty well documented, some are purely based on people's fantasies, and certainly not worth gambling $35 on.

My suggestion is that, use the $35 to get yourself some good books, Amazon.com has a fantastic resource, you could find everything from books for newbies to books used by people at the very pinnacle of motorsport. Be wary of the shipping costs though, sometimes the shipping costs almost half the price of the books. Try firstandsecond.com too. They have a pretty decent resource. And of course, there is always Team-BHP.

cnu · 29th September 2005, 00:46

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ is the place to hangon.

Cheers
cnu

Harrie · 29th September 2005, 07:33

If you are looking at books specifically, then try

"Automotive Technology" - Crowse and Anglin.

This is a good book to start off with. Covers all the basic concepts. You can use this along with howstuffworks.com to build up on the basics.

29th September 2005, 09:24

http://www.autozine.org/

Check out the technical school on that site, it is great.

rranjith_kum · 19th December 2006, 22:13

hi bhpians,
for a upcoming automotive engineer like me what all are your suggestions regarding the books to read
seniors pls suggest some books

I have already bought
car builder's hand book by Mc Clearly &
engine builder's hand book by tom monroe
both of them through the Autocar india
awaiting a long list to appear

Mods pls move this to the appropriate section if this isn't the most suited one
Ranjith

SPIKE ARRESTOR · 13th April 2010, 17:15

Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics by Thomas Gillespie
Automotive Mechanics by Anglin and Crouse
Race Car Dynamics by Milliken

These are a few beautiful books that I have read. These stress more on fundamentals.

Spike

SRK · 13th April 2010, 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPIKE ARRESTOR

Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics by Thomas Gillespie
Automotive Mechanics by Anglin and Crouse
Race Car Dynamics by Milliken

These are a few beautiful books that I have read. These stress more on fundamentals.

Spike

Are you an Automobile Engg?

Hey by any chance,do you have the softcopy of Automotive Mechanics by Anglin and Crouse?
I've got the 1 & 3 ones.

pranavt · 13th April 2010, 19:41

Modern Engine Tuning and Four Stroke Performance Tuning by A. Graham Bell.
How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems by Greg Banish
Maximum Boost by Corky Bell

Motorholic · 30th June 2010, 05:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPIKE ARRESTOR

Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics by Thomas Gillespie
Automotive Mechanics by Anglin and Crouse
Race Car Dynamics by Milliken

These are a few beautiful books that I have read. These stress more on fundamentals.

Spike

I second your list, big time!

To that I would like to add:

"Theory of Ground Vehicles" by J.Y.Wong

"Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals" by John B.Heywood, the engine bible.

gearbox · 2nd March 2011, 03:07

Hey Guys,

Being a big fan and a doer of DIY's, I love reading e-books to get my knowledge.

Since I bought my first car, a used Swift Vxi with ABS, I have been looking to see the kind of DIY's that can be done on the car, nothing in specific though, but i keep browsing to find anything useful that can be done on the car.

I am also an electronics guy, have made audio amplifiers for my Guitar, Only Guitar Tube amplifiers, I do not like any solid state amps, but unfortunately my car has a SS amp in the Head Unit. I mean you must listen to Tube amps to actually know of feel what I am talking about here. I mostly work on things at home, I had made some guitar amp speaker cabinet, and currently am working on an all tube 100 w RMS, Guitar Amplifier, It will be a half stack, with 4X12" speakers in it. and a Head, housing the 5 tubes that will power the amp.

Well you see how I can never get to the topic I want to talk about, please pardon my obsession for true guitar tone here. Coming back to the topic.

e-book Titles ----

> The Car Bodywork Repair Manual: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Car Bodywork Repair, Renovations and Painting (A Foulis motoring book)
> 3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and Film
> The Science of Formula 1 Design: Expert analysis of the anatomy of the modern Grand Prix car
> Car Science
> Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual: Updated & Expanded
> CINEMA 4D Porsche car modelling tutorial
> How to Paint Your Car (Motorbooks Workshop)
> H-Point: The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging
> Car (DK Eyewitness Books)
> Classic Car Guides. Sports Cars By Doug Nye
> Car PC Hacks
> How Race Car Drivers Use Math
> Top Gear 150 Useless Car Facts
> Buying And Maintaining A Car Made Easy
> How to open car without a key
> Car Audio For Dummies
> Car Hacks and Mods for Dummies
> Run your car on Water
> Isaac Newton School of Driving - Physics and Your Car
> Electronic Projects for Cars - Rajesh Malhotra
> The BMW 5 Series and X5: A History of Production Cars and Tuner Specials, 1972-2008

GTO · 4th March 2011, 15:22

Note from Support : Team-BHP has a STRICT stand against Plagiarism. Neither do we encourage it, nor will we allow it on the forum. Please continue a discussion on the books, but avoid any discussion on free e-book websites.

AltoHoncho · 4th March 2011, 17:04

I bought the Bosch Automotive Handbook. What an amazing book, loving the detailed explanations of all the technicals. Awesome, its a must read, keeping aside most of the formulae, the explanation bit is awesome.

coolclouds · 4th March 2011, 17:28

I had a book "Cars International 1989" of course, released long back. That was an amazing dictionary of all cars internationaly that time with detailed photos, specifications, price ($)etc.

It listed all Indian cars that time including Ambassador, Standard 2000, Contessa etc among all foreign cars.

It was my first book on automobile and I searched for its next versions since then but failed.

Anyone knows if they publish the book now?

29th September 2005, 00:08	#1
vipul_singh BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: BLR / Lucknow Posts: 604 Thanked: 855 Times View My Garage	Books and Web Resources on Vehicle & Automobile tech Hello, Seeing the content on the Technical sub-forum made me understand that I'd better build my knowledge on various aspects of the car such as suspension and brakes, engines etc. right from the basics I would be thankful if you could recommend books or web resources which would help me in this respect. One seemingly good resource I found was autospeed.drive.com.au. It seems to have good content (albeit paid). Has anyone tried it? They have a subscription fee of about $35. Is it worth it, and, just as important, are they reliable enough to give them my Credit Card number?
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29th September 2005, 00:14	#2
v1p3r Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: BLR / DXB / LON Posts: 5,365 Thanked: 7,507 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (7)	Google everything. Try Wikipedia also. Howstuffworks.com is another resource. And there's always www.team-bhp.com!!!
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29th September 2005, 00:46	#4
cnu BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 301 Thanked: 121 Times	http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ is the place to hangon. Cheers cnu
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29th September 2005, 07:33	#5
Harrie BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: KA 03, KL 12, TN 38 Posts: 701 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	If you are looking at books specifically, then try "Automotive Technology" - Crowse and Anglin. This is a good book to start off with. Covers all the basic concepts. You can use this along with howstuffworks.com to build up on the basics.
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29th September 2005, 09:24	#6
SuperSyn Posts: n/a	http://www.autozine.org/ Check out the technical school on that site, it is great.
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19th December 2006, 22:13	#7
rranjith_kum BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coimbatore/ Aachen Posts: 692 Thanked: 21 Times View My Garage	Automotive books hi bhpians, for a upcoming automotive engineer like me what all are your suggestions regarding the books to read seniors pls suggest some books I have already bought car builder's hand book by Mc Clearly & engine builder's hand book by tom monroe both of them through the Autocar india awaiting a long list to appear Mods pls move this to the appropriate section if this isn't the most suited one Ranjith
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13th April 2010, 17:15	#8
SPIKE ARRESTOR Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 2,855 Thanked: 1,545 Times	Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics by Thomas Gillespie Automotive Mechanics by Anglin and Crouse Race Car Dynamics by Milliken These are a few beautiful books that I have read. These stress more on fundamentals. Spike
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13th April 2010, 19:41	#10
pranavt BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,704 Thanked: 852 Times View My Garage	Modern Engine Tuning and Four Stroke Performance Tuning by A. Graham Bell. How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems by Greg Banish Maximum Boost by Corky Bell
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2nd March 2011, 03:07	#12
gearbox BHPian Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bangalore Posts: 185 Thanked: 119 Times	e-Books On Car Care and Maintenance & More!!!! Hey Guys, Being a big fan and a doer of DIY's, I love reading e-books to get my knowledge. Since I bought my first car, a used Swift Vxi with ABS, I have been looking to see the kind of DIY's that can be done on the car, nothing in specific though, but i keep browsing to find anything useful that can be done on the car. I am also an electronics guy, have made audio amplifiers for my Guitar, Only Guitar Tube amplifiers, I do not like any solid state amps, but unfortunately my car has a SS amp in the Head Unit. I mean you must listen to Tube amps to actually know of feel what I am talking about here. I mostly work on things at home, I had made some guitar amp speaker cabinet, and currently am working on an all tube 100 w RMS, Guitar Amplifier, It will be a half stack, with 4X12" speakers in it. and a Head, housing the 5 tubes that will power the amp. Well you see how I can never get to the topic I want to talk about, please pardon my obsession for true guitar tone here. Coming back to the topic. e-book Titles ---- > The Car Bodywork Repair Manual: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Car Bodywork Repair, Renovations and Painting (A Foulis motoring book) > 3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and Film > The Science of Formula 1 Design: Expert analysis of the anatomy of the modern Grand Prix car > Car Science > Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual: Updated & Expanded > CINEMA 4D Porsche car modelling tutorial > How to Paint Your Car (Motorbooks Workshop) > H-Point: The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging > Car (DK Eyewitness Books) > Classic Car Guides. Sports Cars By Doug Nye > Car PC Hacks > How Race Car Drivers Use Math > Top Gear 150 Useless Car Facts > Buying And Maintaining A Car Made Easy > How to open car without a key > Car Audio For Dummies > Car Hacks and Mods for Dummies > Run your car on Water > Isaac Newton School of Driving - Physics and Your Car > Electronic Projects for Cars - Rajesh Malhotra > The BMW 5 Series and X5: A History of Production Cars and Tuner Specials, 1972-2008 Last edited by GTO : 4th March 2011 at 15:24. Reason: Removing all references to free e-book downloads
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4th March 2011, 15:22	#13
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,824 Thanked: 322,759 Times View My Garage	Re: e-Books On Car Care and Maintenance & More!!!! Note from Support : Team-BHP has a STRICT stand against Plagiarism. Neither do we encourage it, nor will we allow it on the forum. Please continue a discussion on the books, but avoid any discussion on free e-book websites.
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4th March 2011, 17:04	#14
AltoHoncho BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 581 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	Re: Books and Web Resources on Vehicle & Automobile tech I bought the Bosch Automotive Handbook. What an amazing book, loving the detailed explanations of all the technicals. Awesome, its a must read, keeping aside most of the formulae, the explanation bit is awesome.
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4th March 2011, 17:28	#15
coolclouds Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Garden City Posts: 1,800 Thanked: 519 Times	Re: Books and Web Resources on Vehicle & Automobile tech I had a book "Cars International 1989" of course, released long back. That was an amazing dictionary of all cars internationaly that time with detailed photos, specifications, price ($)etc. It listed all Indian cars that time including Ambassador, Standard 2000, Contessa etc among all foreign cars. It was my first book on automobile and I searched for its next versions since then but failed. Anyone knows if they publish the book now?
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