How to Power Tune MGB 4-Cylinder Engines: New

by Peter Burgess

Overview

How to get maximum performance from the MGB's four-cylinder B-series engine for road or track.This book tells you all you could want to know, expert tips, and is packed with understandable and down-to-earth advice based on the author's years of hands-on experience. ·Covers all MGB and MGB GT 4-cylinder engines (except 3-bearing crank engines) ·Explains the ‘first principles' of engine power and tuning ·Handy ‘power recipes' to help achieve the performance you want ·How to improve airflow, camshafts, carburation, ignition and exhaust ·Lubrication and cooling systems improvements ·Uprating suspension, wheels, tyres and steering for better handling ·How to set-up and tune on a rolling road ·Comprehensive appendix with formulae and tuning data ·Includes cam timing tables for Piper and Kent cams ·List of specialists and suppliers to help with your MGB tuneWritten by an acknowledged expert, who runs a well-known tuning business in Derbyshire, England. Peter Burgess has been working with MGBs since 1978 and his engine building expertise has produced many MGB race wins. He is also the author of How To Build, Modify & Power Tune Cylinder Heads.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787113411
Publisher:	Veloce Publishing
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Series:	SpeedPro Series
Edition description:	Updated and Expanded Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.23(w) x 9.59(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Peter Burgess is a self-taught engineer. His background in psychology laid the groundwork for a scientific method approach, and gave him the ability to harness his intuition in making engines work. He works holistically to modify engines, and runs a small, friendly tuning business in Derbyshire, which enjoys worldwide recognition and distribution.

Editorial Reviews

In the original edition of How to Power Tune MGB 4-Cylinder Engines, Peter Burgess produced what is arguably the most comprehensive book ever written on MGB cylinder heads. I didn't think he could expand on that topic, but I was wrong ... If you want to get more power out of your MGB, you need to read this book.—MGB Driver

Tells you just about everything you need to know ... focuses on the heart of the MGB - the B-Series engine - and covers in detail just about every possible modification that can be made to the powerplant to extract maximum horsepower. Many of the modifications are fairly obvious, like polishing and porting the cylinder head or fitting a performance exhaust system and tubular manifold to improve gas flow, but the author also goes on to reveal those little gems of wisdom which only come with years of experience ... This is a great book if you are serious about tuning your MGB for track use, but many of the ideas can be used to get a little extra performance out of a road car, and that’s never a bad thing!—Classic Performance & Retro Monthly

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