How To Build And Powertune Weber And Dellorto

Packed with information on stripping and rebuilding, tuning, jetting, and choke sizes. Application formulae help you calculate exactly the right setup for your car. Covers all Weber DCOE & Dellorto DHLA & DCO/SP carburettors.

The ins and outs of rebuilding, with updated information on off-road, Toyota MR2, and Jaguar XK applications.

How To Build & Power Tune Weber & Dellorto DCOE, DCO/SP & DHLA Carburettors offers all you could want to know about the most famous and popular high performance sidedraught carbs. The book covers strip and rebuild, tuning, choke sizes and much more. The enlarged third edition of Veloce's best-selling SpeedPro title. Up to date information on Dellorto carburettors All you could want to know about the world's most famous and popular high-performance sidedraught carburetors. Application formula gives the right set-up for YOUR car. Covers all Weber DCOE, DCO/SP & Dellorto DHLA carburetors. Strip & rebuild, tuning, jetting and choke sizes.

How to choose the right camshaft or camshafts for your individual application. Takes the mystery out of camshaft timing and tells you how to find optimum timing for maximum power.

Full details on camshafts, camshaft timing, valve springs and cylinder head options and modifications. Carburation chapters cover: 13/4 and 2 inch twin SU setups; triple 2 inch SUs; and triple Weber and Dellorto setups. A special section is included on modifying SUs for improved engine performance, along with the relevant needle specifications. Full details on ignition systems and timing, exhaust manifolds and systems and general tune-up information.

Expert practical advice from an experienced race engine builder on how to build an ignition system that delivers maximum power reliably. A lot is talked about ignition systems and there is a bewildering choice of expensive aftermarket parts, which all claim to deliver more power. Des Hammill cuts through the myth and hyperbole and tells readers what really works, so that they can build an excellent system without wasting money on parts and systems that simply don't deliver. Ignition timing and advance curves for modified engines is another minefield for the inexperienced, but Des uses his expert knowledge to tell readers how to optimize the ignition timing of any high-performance engine.

Expert practical advice from an experienced race engine builder on how to build a high-performance version of Ford's naturally aspirated 4-cylinder 1600, 1800 & 2000cc Pinto engine which has been used in Ford's most popular cars (Escort, Capri, Cortina & Sierra - Ford/Mercury Capri, Pinto, Bobcat in USA) over many years. Whether the reader wants a fast road car or to go racing, Des explains, without using technical jargon, just how to build a reliable high-power engine using as many stock parts as possible and without wasting money on parts and modifications that don't work.Also covers Cosworth versions of Pinto engines and fitting Cosworth heads to Pinto blocks. Does not cover 1300, E-Max 1600 or American-built 2300.