stax68

Anyone here know of any books that deal with the physics of
cars..such as aerodynamics, gears etc.

Or that deal with the physics involved in actual driving of a car ?
ok...thanks..

StArrow68

"Going Faster" by Carl Lopez has lots of input from Skip Barber school
and I liked it.

Speed Secrets series gets lots of talk from NASA instructors, plan to
try it at some point.

Good luck,
Randy

vms4evr

How to Make Your Car Handle
by Fred Puhn
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group (1987)
ISBN-10: 0912656468

Competition Car Aerodynamics: A practical handbook
by Simon McBeath
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Haynes Publishing; Bk & DVD edition (May 31, 2006)
ISBN: 1844252302

Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed
by Joseph Katz
Paperback: 270 pages
Publisher: Bentley Publishers (August 1995)
ISBN: 0837601428

SAE paper 2002-01-3333 "Aerodynamic Test and Development of the Corvette C5 for Showroom Stock Racking" by Larry Kubes et al from GM Corp.
http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/2002-01-3333

Good primer on aerodynamics by hotrod mag:
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/h...ips/index.html
http://www.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/...ats/index.html

Bink

Excellent Free Online series of articles:


Brian Beckman's

The Physics of Racing

The how's, why's and wherefore's of punting a car around a track... the entire Physics of Racing Series (PhoRS) by Brian Beckman, PhD, reproduced here with permission. The articles are available in both Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF) form, suitable for printing and HTML suitable for reading online.





http://phors.locost7.info/contents.htm

hisvett

Spend some time sifting through Longacer tech site. I'm sure you'll find some interesting brain food.

http://www.longacreracing.com/articles/view_all.asp

ERND IT

this is EXCELLENT!! Really helps you - as a driver -understand what's happening to the car - blow by blow so to speak - as you put it through it's paces on track