Hot Rod Horsepower Handbook: Big-Block Chevy (Motorbooks Workshop)

The heart of every hot rod and muscle car is its engine - and the one to have, the most powerful performance engine on the planet, is the big-block Chevy V-8. Tapping into the know-how at Hot Rod magazine, this book offers illustrated, step-by-step instructions for building a big-block Chevy V-8-from grinding valves and selecting headers to shot-peening pistons and putting together winning head and intake combinations.

At Hot Rod magazine, there is no such thing as too much horsepower, but the editors and experts are willing to test that limit - and, with this book, to take big-block Chevy fans along for the ride.

Customer Reviews:

Better than some but barely

By D. Stamper - November 5, 2010

This a lot of magazine articles from Hot Rod. Overall I like this book and gave it four stars. I like it better than the HP books "Big-Block Chevy engine buildups". Some interesting information here but not a how to book by any means. Many builds are not documented well enough to reproduce and others are out of price range for your average home builder. I find most builds have been edited way to much and leave me wondering what was used or done to complete the build. If you have not read any magazines and do not know how to use Google it would be helpful to have for the planning stages of a motor you might want to build. However,,,,,,,,,if you are like me and need to have, or study every thing you can get your hands on before jumping into a project, then go for it.

This is really GOOD !

By At "Speedy" - April 9, 2008

This book covers most of what you possible could need building your own engine with higher power as your main goal.

It gives you the possibility to choose from different approaches to each specific hp-goal and also suggestions to overal hp-gains on all BBC-engines.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!

Big Block book

By Charles Shotwell - December 29, 2007

This is the best book on the Big Block, most others are too old, this one dates the articles so you know if you are getting new info....I reccommend it