Archive for Items Categorized 'Technology', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Classic Racing Engines
by Karl Ludvigsen
A reprint of an important book makes it available to new readers. Not an easy read but the science/art of building a competitive race motor is enormously complicated so this book does help to appreciate the intricacies.
Porsche 917: The Undercover Story
by Gordon Wingrove
There is no shortage of interesting books about this iconic racecar. What makes this one stand out is that it is written by a former race mechanic who knows every nut and bolt on the car.
Rocket Development with Liquid Propellants
by W H J Riedel
In 1939 the author became Chief Designer at the V-2 rocket development center. Prior to that, he helped early German rocket designer Max Valier develop a series of CO2 and liquid oxygen-alcohol rocket engines and rocket-driven cars to promote Heylandt products.
Schlegelmilch Sportscar Racing 1962–1973
by David Tremayne
An important photographer, an important period, expect to be entertained and delighted and moved the way only images can do.
The V12 Engine
by Karl Ludvigsen
What do a tiny 1.1L motor from 1926 and a monster 112L from 1965 (which actually comprises four engines) have in common? A V12 configuration. How this is possible and why this is desirable—and why it didn’t always work—is the subject of a book first published a decade ago but now thankfully reissued.
Owning Model S
by Nick J. Howe
You may not have seen one in the wild but since their launch in 2012 tens of thousands of these things are on the road the world over. Time to find out what makes them tick (well, hum, if anything), no?
Restoring Museum Aircraft
by Robert C. Mikesh
Remember how you used to see non-original polished metal, even chrome, in the engine compartments of cars in serious concours d’elegance? Well, times have changed, and so have the philosophical approaches to automotive restoration.
The Wankel Rotary Engine, A History
by John B. Hege
A simple design, compact size, light weight, nearly vibration-free operation . . . so why is no one using this engine? In the 1970s automakers were tripping over themselves to license it. This book explains what happened. Or didn’t.
Professor Porsche’s Wars
by Karl Ludvigsen
Ferdinand Porsche’s very successes had the unintended consequence of making him an increasingly indispensable national asset. This proximity to power kept his order books full, but at what cost?
Fast Jets, The History of Reheat Development at Derby
by Cyril Elliott, with contributions from John Goodwin
Afterburners are a slick piece of technology. The Rolls-Royce company played a crucial role in pioneering and finessing such work.
Proprietary Engines for Vehicles
by Nick Baldwin
Proprietary engines have been used by the millions yet the subject is not well represented in the literature. This tiny book is just a tantalizing teaser—but better than nothing!
The Automobile: A Century of Progress
by James K. Wagner (Coordinator)
Unlike a chronology, this book is written the way a car is engineered: as an overall “system” in which any one part relates to the other.