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Classic Racing Engines (Hardcover)

by Karl Ludvigsen (Author)

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Haynes Manuals Inc; illustrated edition edition (16 April 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1859606490
ISBN-13: 978-1859606490
Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 542,564 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An overview of 50 classic motor racing engines selected from an 80-year period starting in 1914, when racing engines emerged as a distinct type of power unit. The book highlights each unit's significance in terms of both its racing history and the advancement of technology.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful overview of racing engines, but could be much longer, 25 Jul 2002

By	Peter Fenelon - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

As an introduction to the development and successes (and failures!) of some of the most celebrated racing engines, this is a fine overview. But trying to pack the history of something like the Cosworth DFV or the Offenhauser into four pages (one of them a full-page picture) means that the history gets a little too telegraphic. Readable, but you know that Ludvigsen knows and could write a lot more about these engines!

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5.0 out of 5 stars No Better Introduction, 13 Nov 2008

By	S. J. Moore (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This book is aimed at car enthusiasts who already know how engines work but want to gain an overview of the features that separate racing engines from everyday motors. If you don't know anything at all about engines, the book is far too technical to act as a primer. However, for petrol heads and enthusiasts of single seat open wheeler racing cars it is a wonderful book. Only long term students of racing engines could fail to be informed by its content and delighted by its clarity and breadth.

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