Recommended Reading
General Motors Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire Automotive Repair Manual: 1995 thru 1998 All Models (Haynes Automotive Repair Manual Series)
by Robert Maddox, Mike Stubblefield, John Harold Haynes
Paperback - 256 pages 95-98 Model Years edition
Automotive Handbook
by Robert Bosch
In every field there's a single, indispensable reference work that sets the standard by which other books are measured. The new 4th Edition of the "Automotive Handbook" is the standard for practical, concise and illuminating explanations of the design and operation of automotive systems. Its lucid presentation of both basic and complex automotive principles, engineering theory, and applied mathematics is without peer.
Do you want to know how electronic fuel injection works? The "Automotive Handbook" will tell you. How to calculate the factors affecting tire adhesion and braking distance? The different testing methods for material hardness? Again, the "Automotive Handbook" will tell you. With more than 1,000 cut-away illustrations, diagrams, tables and sectional drawings, the "Automotive Handbook" makes even sophisticated automotive concepts easy to visualize and understand.
Written by the same Bosch technical experts who design and build the world's finest automotive components, this new edition includes both non-proprietary engineering information as well as application-specific material gathered from the engineers of leading European auto companies, original equipment manufacturers, and leading authorities at universities throughout the world.
This new revision adds more than 40 new pages with an index that has grown to over 2,000 entries. Some of the new topics covered include on-board electrical systems, vehicle dynamics control, passenger-car specifications, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
This definitive encyclopedia belongs on your bookshelf whether your automotive involvement is as an engineer, a professional technician, an interested enthusiast, or an automotive journalist.
Paperback - 852 pages 4th edition
Auto Math Handbook HP
by John Lawlor
This book shows you how to use math to make your car perform better on a road course, the strip or the street. Learn how to see engines, torque curves, gearing etc. in an entirely different way. Make changes with confidence that you are going in the right direction. If you can work a calculator, you can use this book!
Paperback - 147 pages
Maximum Boost: Designing, Testing, and Installing Turbocharger Systems (Engineering and Performance)
by Corky Bell
An excellent book on turbocharging engines covering everything you need to know to get you started. The book is a nice balance of theory and practice, showing what works, why and how and then giving you the ability to work out how it applies to your situation.
Paperback - 256 pages
