How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks (Cartech) | 
 enlarge | Author: Graham Hansen
Publisher: S-A Design
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 21446
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1884089860
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
UPC: 601784000875
EAN: 9781884089862
ASIN: 1884089860
Publication Date: April 11, 2004
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Condition: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 144 p. Contains: Illustrations. Cartech. Audience: General/trade.
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Product Description
Have you been bitten by the big-cube bug? The quest for big cubes doesn't have to lead to a big block anymore. Now you can add cubic inches to your current power plant without having to swap intakes, headers, motor mounts, and other accessories all at once. By building a big-cube small block, you can have all the additional torque and horsepower of a big block, without all the extra weight, expense, and effort. In this book, Graham Hansen takes a step-by-step approach to selecting the best OEM or aftermarket block, crank, rods, and pistons to construct your big-inch short block. He also discusses how to select the best heads, cam, and induction and exhaust systems, specifically for a big-inch engine. In addition, the final chapter includes seven different combinations for big-inch power, complete with dyno graphs!
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very happy with it July 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
goes into detail about everything you will need to know to build a big-inch smallblock. Priceless tables and parts selection comparisons down to the actual part number are included. The big-inch theory is well explained. The book is also well written and fun to read. A great book
The best book ever! July 3, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is the best book for mofifiand the small block and get the most power you can. I am really happy with it.
Great book on Small-Block Chevys January 14, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Part of this book's title, "big-inch, small-block", reminds me of oxymorons like "jumbo shrimp", "pretty ugly", "mandatory option", or "open secret". That put a little smile on my face before I even opened the cover.
Besides his presumed appreciation of the oxymoronic comedian, George Carlin, author, Graham Hansen has been a hard-core Chevy fan all his life and has been building high-performance Chevy engines for more than 25 years. From this book, you'd think his knowledge of Chevy engines is nearly encyclopedic.
How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks is just an outstanding book, right there with of some of the best of the automotive, how-to/technical genre. The only thing wrong with it is, in fact, the title. Oh yeah, it covers large displacement Small-Block V8s and does that well, but the book really is a comprehensive discussion of putting together any high-end, street or racing Chevy "SBV8," not just engines 377 cubic inches or larger. The most popular big-inch Small-Block has to be the 383 and that combination is addressed in detail. The author spends time on 406es and the really-big, Small-Block, a 454-cuin. monster which makes over 600-hp.
One of the most powerful parts of How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks is at the end. The final chapter, called "Power Packages", is a database of seven different, big-inch SBV8s. Each engine is listed by major parts, engine dyno data (both graphic and numerical) and a brief description of each engine.
Other sections which are worthwhile for anyone building a high-performance Small-Block are Chapters two (on the theory of stroker motors), seven (camshafts) and nine (cylinder heads).
No doubt, Hansen's How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks is a top-notch information source and a great read, even for those looking for general performance engine information rather than big-inch SBV8 specifics. It's taken a prominent spot on the book shelf in my shop.
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