- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Motorbooks International; illustrated edition edition (17 Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0760306699
- ISBN-13: 978-0760306697
- Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 20.6 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,976,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I received my author's copies of the book on 6/24/99, and was very impressed at the great job the publisher did in putting together the final product. I am proud of everything from the photo placement to the high quality glossy paper they used throughout the book. Readers will not be disappointed. The book focuses on Honda and Acura cars from 1984 through the present, with a major emphasis on the 1988+ models. My only problem is that amazon.com is offering the book at a price less than what I can afford to offer it. Oh well, happy reading and many thanks to all my fellow Honda and Acura nuts out there. Feel free to email me with specfic tech questions at hondanut@sgi.net or visit the web page at www.hondabook.com.
I received my author's copies of the book on 6/24/99, and was very impressed at the great job the publisher did in putting together the final product. I am proud of everything from the photo placement to the high quality glossy paper they used throughout the book. Readers will not be disappointed. The book focuses on Honda and Acura cars from 1984 through the present, with a major emphasis on the 1988+ models. My only problem is that amazon.com is offering the book at a price less than what I can afford to offer it. Oh well, happy reading and many thanks to all my fellow Honda and Acura nuts out there. Feel free to email me with specfic tech questions at hondanut@sgi.net or visit the web page at www.hondabook.com.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT REFERENCE FOR THE HONDA ENTHUSIAST,
By A Customer
This review is from: Honda and Acura Performance Handbook (Mbi Publishing Company Powertech Series) (Paperback)
THIS BOOK IS AN EXCELLENT GUIDE TO SORTING OUT REALITY FROM HYPE. WELL ORGANIZED FOR THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO TAKE HIS OR HER HONDA FROM MILD TO WILD. IF YOU ARE JUST GETTING INTO MODIFYING YOUR HONDA OR ACCURA THE WELL SORTED AND WRITTEN CHAPTERS WILL BE A VALUABLE GUIDE. ESPECIALLY LIKED THE NO NONSENSE APPROACH TO WHAT MODIFICATIONS ACTUALLY WORK IN THE REAL WORLD. READING THIS BOOK CAN SAVE TIME AND MONEY IF YOU ARE INTO STREET PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR HONDA PRODUCT.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Great disappointment,
By A Customer
This review is from: Honda and Acura Performance Handbook (Mbi Publishing Company Powertech Series) (Paperback)
There was an issue that was not addressed in this book; how do you build the fastest, best handling, sexiest honda on the road without compromising the dependability and quality of an OEM vehicle? This book was well suited for those who own early model Hondas, but many people are entering the import scene with $15,000 to $25,000 1999 model year vehicles and they would like to know what specific companies and products will give the most performance without compromising Honda's life expectancy and reliability. This book failed to answer that question. It touched on many areas of importance to the Honda fanatic but it neglected that one question which is on the back of everyone's mind as he/she walks into a performance shop, "I want to go fast and hard, but is this going to mess up my ride." Now on the flip side, the chapters written about the history of Hondas and their handling were very good, they offered practical advice for suspension tricks as well as some interesting insights into Honda's evolution.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (25 customer reviews) 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Refreshing change,
By Bob A - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Honda and Acura Performance Handbook (Mbi Publishing Company Powertech Series) (Paperback)
This book was such a refreshing change over the typical import car magazine that tell you just about every performance product is great. I have an Integra Type R (and just visited the author's home page and bought a model of my car), and discovered that most anything I do to my car will probably hurt its performance. Unfortunately, I had already found that out the hard way. The car magazines make their $$ from selling ads and they are not about to dis one of their advertisers. But this guy tells it like it is. He can probably get any performance part he wants for free, so guess what ignition system he uses for his full-blown race car? The stock Honda ignition. Still love reading the magazines, though
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Entertaining and Informative,
By Mark Brenden - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Honda and Acura Performance Handbook (Mbi Publishing Company Powertech Series) (Paperback)
Ancas is an excellent writer - no falling asleep at the wheel reading this one. This is an overall well balanced approach to building a Honda project car. Excellent Honda history and an honest approach. He tell you in the first chapter to throw this book away and buy a project that someone else built. Let the other guy spend all the money and take the loss when he sell it to you. Also, it seems sincere and realistic - not the hype you find in magazines: 15 hp from an exhaust! - yeah right. Ancas comes right out and tells you that with most of the new cars (Integra R/GSR) there isn't much you can do to gain power. Most of what you do will end up robbing low end torque. You should also buy the book by Pettit since Ancas doesn't go into how to port a head or build a block - but you would be nuts to try something like that by yourself anyway.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Well organized and thought out!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Honda and Acura Performance Handbook (Mbi Publishing Company Powertech Series) (Paperback)
Mike Ancus did an excellent job of giving the reader a taste of what the potential of hondas really are. A lot of people with late model civics and integras are just lowering them as low as they can, putting on the loudest muffler while calling it all performance upgrades. He shows what honda tuning is all about. Displaying everything from the mildly daily driver to the wildest racers, while showing the major upgrades as they were needed. What is exceptionally nice is that Mike includes road racing hondas (cars that just don't go in a straight line for a 1/4 mile) as well as the ultrahigh hp dragsters. He also has a sense of a real world budget a quality that most authors of these types of books lack. I am an absolute honda lover, and I think anyone interested in honda tuning should have this book.
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