How to Tune and Modify Automotive Engine Management Systems - All New Edition: Upgrade Your Engine to Increase Horsepowe

by Jeff Hartman

Overview

Understanding fuel injection and engine management systems is the key to extracting higher performance from today’s automobiles in a safe, reliable, and driveable fashion.

Turbochargers, superchargers, nitrous oxide, high compression ratios, radical camshafts: all are known to make horsepower, but without proper understanding and control of fuel injection and other electronic engine management systems, these popular power-adders will never live up to their potential and, at worst, can cause expensive engine damage.

Drawing on a wealth of knowledge and experience and a background of more than 1,000 magazine articles on the subject, engine-control expert Jeff Hartman explains everything from the basics of fuel injection to the building of complex project cars. Hartman covers the latest developments in fuel-injection and engine management technology applied by both foreign and domestic manufacturers, including popular aftermarket systems.

No other book in the market covers the subject of engine management systems from as many angles and as comprehensively as this book.

Through his continuous magazine writing, author Jeff Hartman is always up-to-date with the newest fuel-injection and engine management products and systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760343456
Publisher:	Motorbooks
Publication date:	07/21/2013
Series:	Motorbooks Workshop Series
Edition description:	New Edition, New and Updated
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	218,105
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jeff Hartman is the author of How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems, Fuel Injection: Installation, Performance, Tuning, Modification, and the Turbocharging Performance Handbook, all from Motorbooks. Hartman lives in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1
Understanding Fuel Delivery 

Chapter 2
Understanding Automotive Computers and PROMs 

Chapter 3
Sensors and Sensor Systems

Chapter 4
Actuators and Actuator Systems 

Chapter 5
Hot Rodding EFI Engines

Chapter 6
Hot Rodding Electronic Diesel Engines 

Chapter 7
Recalibrating Factory ECMs

Chapter 8
Tuning with Piggybacks, Interceptors, and Auxiliary Components 

Chapter 9
Standalone Programmable Engine Management Systems

Chapter 10
EMS/EFI Engine Swapping

Chapter 11
Roll-Your-Own EFI

Chapter 12
Installation and Start-up Issues

Chapter 13
Designing, Modifying, and Building Intake Manifolds

Chapter 14
EMS Tuning

Chapter 15
EMS Troubleshooting

Chapter 16
Emissions, OBD-II, and CAN Bus

Chapter 17
Project: Supercharging the 2010 Camaro SS

Chapter 18
Project: Twin-Turbo Lexus IS-F

Chapter 19
Project: Supercharged Jag-Rolet

Chapter 20
Project: 1970 Dodge Challenger B-Block

Chapter 21
Project: Real-World Turbo CRX Si

Chapter 22
Project: Honda del Sol Si Turbo

Chapter 23
Project: Turbo-EFI Jaguar XKE 4.2

Chapter 24
Project: Two-staged Forced Induction on the MR6

Chapter 25
Project: Overboosted VW Golf 1.8T

Chapter 26
Project: Frank-M-Stein: M3 Turbo Cabriolet

Appendix

Index

Editorial Reviews

"The MOTORBOOKS WORKSHOP SERIES gives readers a wealth of knowledge on a variety of very specific subjects, and it's always on the shelf for reference in years to come." — Tom Vogele, Editor, Streetscene Magazine

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