engine building books - recommendations please

Golde60 Fahrvergnugen

858 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Aug 2006, 7:39 pm

#527228

I have heard of 'How to hot rod VW engines' and will be buying this one.

Any other recommendations?

chasing all the info to help me decide on engine combo/size/configuration/carburettion etc

obviously will be talking lots on forums, but i want to do some hardcore reading first.

any good sources of info please....

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johny rotten Officially Full-On Dubber

366 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 27 Aug 2006, 8:28 pm

#527255

The Berg Blue books are definately worth a read.

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1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 28 Aug 2006, 8:13 am

#527424

How to rebuild aircooled volkswagens by Tom Wilson, just covers stock rebuilds but has excellent tech info, another is High performance vw engine handbook, i think thats what it's called by Keith Sueme covers all high performance parts and also the Berg tech books. Cheers Damo.

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2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 28 Aug 2006, 1:34 pm

#527502

I'll second the Tom Wilson publication... even if you never intend to rebuild a VW engine, I still consider it a must for anybody who owns one. 😎

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1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 28 Aug 2006, 9:36 pm

#527679

John Muir's Idiots Guide to VWs has an engine rebuilding section in it. I have no idea how comprehensive it is as I have never pulled a VW engine apart, let alone rebuilt one.