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Old Jan 18, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Any good books or videos out there on how to rebuild engines for performance?
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Too many to list.

There is the Lingenfelter small block chevy book, Various Vizard building books, "Max Perf On a budget", "big inch small blocks", etc, Smokey Yunick's book. Just pick from the list.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...lock&x=20&y=22
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www.boxwrench.net, check it out.
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Any good books or videos out there on how to rebuild engines for performance?
The one I read that gave me LOTs of valuable info years ago, was entitled "How to Hot Rod a Small Block Chevy."

Don't know if it's even still in print, but I still follow the basic tips now after all these years. I've learned a lot over the years since, but that book is a great building block.
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Vizard "How to Hotrod Your Small-Block Chevy" , various Chevrolet Power Guides from GM, and Smokey Yunick's book are all a great place to look
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoPaul
The one I read that gave me LOTs of valuable info years ago, was entitled "How to Hot Rod a Small Block Chevy."

Don't know if it's even still in print, but I still follow the basic tips now after all these years. I've learned a lot over the years since, but that book is a great building block.


I built my first engine using this book, very helpful. step by step how to's.
Another good one is "small block chevy performance" vol 1 and 2
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