You'll learn what works, what doesn't, and how to swap components among different engine displacements and generations. This handy and informative reference manual lets you create entirely unique Chevy big-block engines with strokes, bores, and power outputs never seen in factory configurations. Also included is real-world expert guidance on aftermarket performance parts and even turnkey crate motors.
It s a comprehensive guide for your period-correct restoration or performance build. John Baechtel brings his accumulated knowledge and experience of more than 34 years of high-performance engine and vehicle testing to this book. He details Chevy big-block engines and their various components like never before with definitive answers to tough interchange questions and clear instructions for tracking down rare parts. You will constantly reference the Chevy Big-Block Parts Interchange on excursions to scrap yards and swap meets, and certainly while building your own Chevy big-block engine.
Over the last 40 years, millions of Chrysler, AMC, and Jeep vehicles have used these differentials, propelling these high-performance vehicles to victory on the street, in drag racing, and other applications.
These differentials have been tied to historic powerhouse engines, such as the Chrysler Magnum and Hemi V8s in stock car, drag racing, and other forms of racing, making history in the process. Jeep CJs and Cherokees have used the Dana 44 and AMC 20 and put these differentials under tremendous loads, which often requires frequent rebuilds.
After years of use, these differentials require rebuilding, and of course aftermarket suppliers offer ring and pinion and other parts to upgrade these axles. In this Workbench series title, the focus is on the disassembly, inspection and step-by-step rebuild of the most popular high-performance differentials.
Axles and differentials are not incredibly complex components, but there are some specific steps to follow for rebuilding, upgrading, and setting them up properly, and this book demystifies the process and explains it in detail.
The Dana and AMC axles should remain in wide use into the foreseeable future, and therefore there will be a consistent demand for this information. This book will also feature extensive gear and application charts, so the reader is sure to select the correct gear ratio for a particular vehicle and application. Special coverage is therefore dedicated to ring and pinion gears. In addition selecting the best aftermarket and production axle shafts is covered as well as modifying and upgrading the differential housings.
Few muscle cars have ever enjoyed the long success over time as the Chevrolet Chevelle. The venerable Chevy big-block engines have proven themselves for more than half a century as the power plant of choice for incredible performance on the street and strip. They were innovators and dominators of the muscle car wars of the s and featured a versatile design architecture that made them perfect for both cars and trucks alike. Throughout their impressive production run, the Chevy big-block engines underwent many generations of updates and improvements.
Understanding which parts are compatible and work best for your specific project is fundamental to a successful and satisfying Chevy big-block engine build. Every component is detailed, from crankshafts and rods to cylinder heads and intakes. The camshaft chapter is a good example. Some of the most popular and well known early small block cams are left out of the factory camshaft chart. This seems inexcusable for a second edition that certainly should benefit from the editorial convenience of time and hindsight.
Readers looking for specs on these cams can find them elsewhere, but why not here where they belong? The chart appears to be lifted directly from previous Chevrolet literature which in itself is often incorrect or at least misleading because it too discards earlier information.
Other books have lifted this same chart, but have taken the time to revise the footnotes to make them clearer. Additionally, the book devotes 20 pages to aftermarket cam specs that are readily available elsewhere and of little or no value to a reader seeking interchange information. It smacks of page filler.
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