Careless Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 hi guys, I just recently received shipment of my new Reher-Morrison Racing Engines workshop text book. http://www.rehermorrison.com/indexMain.htm I don't work for the company, but damn this book has A LOT of good info. From what I can tell it is the best hands on mechanical/engine building book that I've had the pleasure of glancing over on the ride home from picking it up. I'll be reading and highlighting and answering the text book style chapter questions (yes, it's used in their racing school classes that you can take for a little under 1500 bucks) over the course of my public-transit travels to work. I think for about 100 bucks, it's not a bad deal. It's got TONS of info. anyone looking to build some bad ass v8's will want to start somewhere... I think this is a good place, even though I'm using these tips to build my RB. We'll see how far I get with both the book and the engine together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Does look like some sweet reading.I realize alot of info is transferable but is it mainly focused on domestics,im assuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Indeed you are correct, not a single overhead cam engine in there, but I'm reading it for the fact that I've never fully completely blueprinted an engine before, and I don't know anyone that really has even though they say they did (talk the talk...). So I think it will be a good read =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_hunt Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I've never been impressed with Reher-Morrison engines in anything but pro-stock where they charge $80K+ for one. Blue printing an engine can require assembly and disassembly of an engines parts 5 or 6 times. It starts with the machinist, which reher-morrison has in-house and we do not. The possibility of any normal person blueprinting an engine in his garage without access to machines is impossible, due to the fact that you can't change anything like rod length, piston to wall clearance, lifter bore clearance, valve heights, spring seat pressures, spring open pressures, etc, etc, the list goes on and on. You can check and adjust bearing clearances to a certain degree, but if the machinist has his head on straight, it'll be spot on every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 I can't agree more with what you've stated. In fact the reason why I got this book was to learn to do these steps to some degree so that I can guage my accuracy with the machinist's specs, just to make sure I didn't miss anything and neither did her or she. It's something I'd like to do in the future when I save up the money to invest into a machine shop of some sort, so I'd like to start with a good solid textual base, and so far this book looks pretty good, and is a touch more technical than the Engine Blueprinting book I have, which is also a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnZ Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I read all of the sample pages a few weeks ago, seems to be well written. I wish it had SOHC info, I still plan on buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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