How to Build a Cheap Sports Car (Motorbooks Workshop) | 
 enlarge | Author: Keith Tanner
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 46931
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0760322872
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2221
EAN: 9780760322871
ASIN: 0760322872
Publication Date: December 18, 2005
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Product Description
Share in the trials and tribulations of turning a bare frame and wrecked Miata into a racetrack demon, and learn how to build a sports car of your own along the way. This book provides specific answers to common questions and covers the entire building process, including the post-build fine-tuning of the car that is necessary to extract the car's full performance (and fun) potential.
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 This one should get 6 stars! March 16, 2008
Just finished reading this very enjoyable book. Well written, fun, and very understandable explanations of technical concepts. Photo and text layouts outstanding, and no typos that I could find. A highly recommended companion to the "Champion" book, and/or any (especially US) Locost special builder, whether armchair or greasy fingered! Tanner now on my list of favorite automotive authors, right next to Staniforth and van Valkenburgh.
 Excellent build diary, a little light on "how to" March 7, 2008
I found this to be an excellent diary of one person's build of a custom sports car. It is well written and enjoyable to read, and the color photos and general production of the book are very good as well. The author tells the story of how he conceived of and built his own car, more or less step by step, and especially highlights the ups and downs of the process. A number of sidebars in the book go into more detail about technical topics, such as "bump steer". I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 because it is strong on "diary" and a little light on "how to". If you want to know "how to", it would be necessary to read some of the other books on this topic in conjunction with this one. Nevertheless, this book was well done and is worthwhile. The author also maintains a web site (cited in the book) that has additional reference material and links that will help with the "how to" part.
 OK book documents one mans project December 22, 2007
Maybe I was expecting too much. The book documents one mans kit type project from frame to finish. I was looking for more technical information. The book was too superficial and did not go into the kind of detail I wanted. (The science of suspension geometry, frame design, etc.) I am interested in building a locost from the ground up. - No frame kit. For those looking to build a locost with a frame kit this is an enjoyable read.
Miata Locost December 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent place to start if you are considering building a locost. It is sort of a broad overview, as this guy bought a kit, but then methodically turned it into a supercar. The execution of the build is top notch, and I certainly learned a lot from the down-to-earth, yet genuinely entertaining writing style. If you think you may be ready to build a sports car of any variety, I would consider this book a necessity.
 Only good if you have a Miata as donor for your S 7 November 12, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a web site information about how someone built a Super 7 from pieces either bought from some dealer or taken from a Miata donor car. If you have any other model of donor car you will benefit little from reading this book, it falls far behind from Ron Champion's book, here you will be invited more to assemble the car than to buid it, really it describes just how to use parts from different sources plus the Miata.
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