Following in the footsteps of the very popular High Performance Honda Builder's Handbook � Volume 1, author Joe Pettitt focuses this time primarily on suspension modifications, brake technology, nitrous oxide tuning, tire selection, aerodynamic body modifications, fuels, and dragstrip/performance driving tips for these front-drive wonder cars. Table of Contents: � Introduction. � Chapter 1: How To Drag Race Tips for Driving a Smarter, Quicker Race / Passing Tech Inspection / Selecting a Class / The Staging Lanes / The Burnout / Staging and Reaction Time / The Launch / Sriving the Race / Shifting / Shift RPM Tells You How to Tune Your Engine / What if... / Shutting Down and Turning Off / How To Calculate Shift RPM / Quarter Quandaries by Patrick Hale / Engine Dyno Testing / Quarter Jr. Simulations / RPS Performance Product Clutches. � Chapter 2: Curve Carving Essentials Tires and How They Work / Steering with Weight Transfer / Front-Wheel Drive / Cornering Force / Figure it Out / The Friction Circle. � Chapter 3: Tires Identically-Sized Tires Vs. Tread Width / Speed Ratings from H-Z / Putting the Numbers and Letters Together / A Tire has to Perform in its own Environment / High-Performance Tire Science / The Four Fundamentals of Grip / Air Pressure and Load / Body Roll and Camber / Centripetal Force and Slip Angles / Vertical Load / How Side Load Affects the Tire / The Front-Drive Disadvantage / What the Tire Tells Us / Compound Choices / Heat Cycling / Tuning with Air Pressure / Shaving Tires can Improve Performance / The Effect of Rim Width on Tire Performance / Tire Sizing Tech Tips / Tire Tech Tips / Tread Wear Grading / Traction / Traction Test Procedure / Temperature Grading / How To Choose the Right Drag Racing Tire / Quick Traction Tips / How To Install Bead Screws / Rotational Inertia. � Chapter 4: Suspension Suspencion Components / Isolated Suspension Model / Tires and Springs that Become Stiffer with Increasing Air Pressure / Springs / Fundamental Suspension Concepts and Adjustments: Toe; Bump and Roll Steer; Castor / Shocks and Tuning Your Suspension: A Conversation with Toiko's Aftermarket Technical Director, Richard Meyer / Drag Racing Chassis Tuning / Roll Cage Installation for Safety and Handling. � Chapter 5: Brakes Types of Brakes / How Disc Brakes Work / Large Rotors Reduce Fade / Two-Piece Rotors for Ultimate Brake Performance / Calipers / Brake Pads / Brake Fluid / Brake Systems from Baer Racing and Stillen / Brake Proportioning Tuning Secrets. � Chapter 6: Aerodynamic Performance Aerodynamic Drag / External Flow Patterns / Internal Flow Drag / Aerodynamic Noise / The Drag Equation / The Drag Coefficient / The Drag Coefficient and the Real World / How To Perform a Coast Down Test / Aero HP Calculation / Calculating Drag Force and Cd / How To Calculate Aero HP and Rolling Resistance HP / What You can do with this Information. � Chapter 7: Fuel is Power Fuel Makes Power / How To Make Power with Gas � Vaporize it! / Energy Density Ratio and Power Output / Brake Mean Effective Pressure / Brake Specific Fuel Consumption / Tips for Tweaking Your Fuel System / Two Methods for Choosing the Correct Fuel Pump / Fuel System Design Tactics / Choosing the Correct Fuel Pressure Regulator / Designing Your Fuel System / The Advantage of High-Pressure Return-Style Fuel Systems on Carbureted Nitrous Oxide Systems. � Chapter 8: Fuel and Air Mixtures Your Engine is a Self-Driven Air Pump / Humidity and Air Density / Relative Humidity / Computing Relative Humidity / Build a Psychrometer to Find Vapor Pressures / Calculate Air Density / How To Calculate Density Altitude for Humid Air / How Does This Affect Your Engine's Tuning? / Managing Fuel Delivery / How To Baseline Your Carburetor Jetting / Detonation Check List / Fuel Injection Tuning. � Chapter 9: Nitrous Tuning A Basic Nitrous System / Controll

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