Originally Posted by TheRooster
Get some of the horsepower building books by Smokey Yunich. The books themselves are all about big, blown V8s, but the theory they present is relevant to every sort of reciprocating engine out there. If learning the ins and outs of performance is what you want, start by learning about the most simplest stuff first: carbureted pushrod engines.
Then move on to a book about fuel injection. The honda books you listed are good basic references, but I don't think they offer enough in the way of theory for you to truely do-it-all-yourself.
It sorta comes down to what you want to know. Just the basics of what you can do for general rules? The honda books (I believe Hayes publishes them?) you listed are great. For anything more technical, you're going to be looking at engineering books which are an atrocious read.
i dont think he meant the haynes or chiltons
i think he was referring to those "HONDA TUNING" books and the like. ive seen a few of em on amazon.com
havent bought those yet, but im sure you would learn something from them.
right now ive only read "maximum boost" and of course the entire 1400 page helms for my car.
a friend recomended "maximum boost" to me when i started experimenting with DSM's a while back.
~boom