Your wisdom on REFERENCE Texts for TUNING etc.

[Chris Pronios]

Since the list has been slow lately, lets try to evoke some responses...

Since the level of technical training of list members as well as hands-on
technical expertise is way beyond anything easily available, and solely
based on your opinion, what are the best books, reference texts, etc. for an
automotive engineer?

(not that I am one, Mechanical engineer is close enough though :-)) )

To make it consice, lets put some ground rules:

Categories

1. Engines General  (Principles, Design, Operation, Setup, Performance
Tuning)
2. Turbo/super-charged Engines  (Principles, Design, Turbo sizing,
Operation, Setup, Performance Tuning)
3. Chassis - Suspension - Handling (Principles, Design, Operation, Setup,
Performance Tuning)
4. Brand-Model Specific Tuning (Engine and/or Chassis)

Up to 2 books in each category or up to 4 if you can distinguish between
Reference Texts and Hands-On or Layman texts.

A simple citation will suffice unless you can actually add wisdom comments
like "good but contains errors" or "good reference but no real-world
examples" or "racing-oriented only", etc.

IF/When responses start coming I will formulate them so the Entire List is
available to the LIST as a reference.

Authors can suggest their own books if they add personal comments not
usually available in forums or Amazon or wherever.... I mean comments like:
"book is the best reference text since The "Bible" BUT.. it is very light on
suspension tuning and rather light on turbo-engines for Hondas" etc."

If someone has a proposal for alternative/more detailed categories please
come forth....

Cheers to all,

Chris