Internal Combustion Engines are Cool
I know I am arriving 70 or 80 years late to the party, but as I am trying to get my Volvo P1800 fixed up I am becoming fascinated with how internal combustion engines work. Now, I am not much of a grease monkey, but I am sometimes able to fix a car. I know how to make sure air, fire, and gas are getting to an engine. What I have no idea about is the intricacies about how the air, fire, and gas work together and against each other to move the car forward (hopefully real fast).
I have been reading a tutorial about getting better performance out of a street drivable Volvo 1800. If you are interested in that kind of thing you should check it out.
This inspired me to make a quick post with some book recommendations: http://chris.quietlife.net/2005/06/28/car-books/
Also, I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but it’s very cool: http://keveney.com/Engines.html
Jackson has a post on his increasing fascination with the internal combustion engine as he works on his Volvo.
With that in mind, I have a quick list of car book recommendations:
Auto Engines by James E. Duffy. This is an ASE certification test prep b…