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Prepare to Win
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

Prepare to Win

"Prepared to Win deals exclusively with the nuts and bolts of race car preparation."--Back cover.

Tune to Win
  • Language: en

Tune to Win

Covers the development and tuning of race car by clearly explaining the basic principles of vehicle dynamics and relating these principles to the input and control functions of the racing driver. An exceptional book written by a true professional.

Drive to Win
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 214

Drive to Win

Take pole position to learn the ground rules, techniques and procedures of driving perception and evaluation. Racing professional Carroll Smith delivers current state-of-the-art techniques for working with your crew to develop and set up your car so that you'll have a competitive tool with which to practice the art of driving.

Engineer to Win
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Engineer to Win

"Is titanium for you? Can better brakes reduce lap times significantly? How do you choose the rights nuts and bolts? Which is more important, cornering or straight-line speed? Why did it break again? Engineer to Win not only answers these and many other questions, it gives you the reasons why."--Back cover

Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990-08-05
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  • Publisher: Motorbooks

This complete guide analyzes the thousands of options available and shows you how to choose the correct fastener for any application, whether it be racing, street performance or restoration. Plus important information on thread cutting, torque, material selection, inserts, panel fasteners and much more. Pub. 1990.

Engineer in Your Pocket
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 32

Engineer in Your Pocket

Store all the answers in your hip pocket! This handy pocket guide written by racing professional Carroll Smith suggests realistic solutions to common race car handling problems. Formatted listing causes and possible effects, and problems and possible causes. Spiralbound, 3 1/2"x 7 3/4", 32 pgs.'

Racing Chassis and Suspension Design
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Racing Chassis and Suspension Design

Hand-selected by racing engineer legend Carroll Smith, the 28 SAE Technical Papers in this book focus on the chassis and suspension design of pure racing cars, an area that has traditionally been - farmed out - to independent designers or firms since the early 1970s. Smith believed that any discussion of vehicle dynamics must begin with a basic understanding of the pneumatic tire, the focus of the first chapter. The racing tire connects the racing car to the track surface by only the footprints of its four tires. Through the tires, the driver receives most of the sensory information needed to maintain or regain control of the race car at high force levels. The second chapter, focusing on sus...

Prepare to Win
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 174

Prepare to Win

One of road racings top professionals presents here a vast amount of his accumulated car preparation knowledge. Covers fasteners, plumbing, riveting and welding, basic metal work, braking system, clutch, suspension, wheels and tires, engine, gearbox, electrics, fuel cells, paint and paperwork.

Fast Car Physics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 247

Fast Car Physics

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-03-01
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  • Publisher: JHU Press

Revving engines, smoking tires, and high speeds. Car racing enthusiasts and race drivers alike know the thrill of competition, the push to perform better, and the agony—and dangers—of bad decisions. But driving faster and better involves more than just high horsepower and tightly tuned engines. Physicist and amateur racer Chuck Edmondson thoroughly discusses the physics underlying car racing and explains just what’s going on during any race, why, and how a driver can improve control and ultimately win. The world of motorsports is rich with excitement and competition—and physics. Edmondson applies common mathematical theories to real-world racing situations to reveal the secrets behin...

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 724

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History

Covers issues and events in women's history that were previously unpublished, misplaced, or forgotten, and provides new perspectives on each event.