The V8 Owners Forum -

Can anyone recommend a decent book or two on turbo'ing?

It'll be next yr before my car comes apart but may as well gen up and collect parts in the meantime...

Bill, Corky Bell has written a book on TC and a book on SC. Both are excellant and I would recommend. Also try Turbochargers: Theory, Installation, Maintenance and Repair by Todd Curless. I have others on the subject too, but these are the best imo. Mike from boosted would be able to better advise you i'm sure.

Hate to disagree, but the Corky bell book is a bag of sh*te. Lots of car pron but not a good book to help you design a boosted setup. Much better is the Alexander G Bell book. http://www.amazon.com/Induction-Perform ... 187&sr=8-1. This does have more sums in it, but you need to do calculations when you are designing a setup and this has them.

I also like the old books by the masters such as Ricardo, Heywood and Taylor, but they are a bit chewy and academic by any standard.

Thanks chaps. I've ordered the Bell book for starters having found it at a bargain price.

Nice pdf you can print out and read.
http://www.grapeaperacing.com/GrapeApeR ... argers.pdf
No pretty pictures, buth the maths is there.

Excellent, ta.

Email lawrence he's shoving twins on the truck he's building, he hasn't got the T shirt, but he does have the anorak, pmsl, john
oops website ... http://www.project55.co.uk/

Much of the grapeape website is rip offs of old Vizard articles. So whilst there are issues with their scruples, the content is generally first rate.

John, won't bother Law yet, I need to gen up first... Carbie clockwork luddite goes MS, EFI, TT. Steep learning curve or what?!

LOL, suppose ur right bill, john

Just a quickie to say the A.G. Bell book is superb... what a good read. Thanks for that pointer.