How to Build a Hot Tuner Car - Softcover

Smith, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760329125 ISBN 13: 9780760329122

Publisher: Motorbooks, 2007

Synopsis

The tuner car is the new hot rod: a smaller, sleeker, later model, geared up to go faster than the next car. And as always, when going for pumped-up performance and style its often critical--and difficult--to do it on a budget. Thats where this book comes in. How to Build a Hot Tuner Car author Scott Smith tells you all you need to know about how to build a tuner car right, and how to do it without going broke. Beginning with the budget--what can you afford to spend?--Smith offers clear and helpful guidance on finding a good project car, planning its transformation, and making it into the tuner car of your dreams. Every step of the way, he points readers towards great deals--from junkyard swaps and aftermarket bargains to low-cost solutions to building challenges. Exterior, interior, suspension, wheels, engine, driveline--its all here, from getting the parts to installing them properly. The methods may be innovative, the parts and process may be inexpensive, but the result is still going to be over-the-top.

About this title

About the Author

As a former metal shop owner and auto mechanics instructor, Scott Smith has extensive experience rebuilding wrecked cars, building his own custom cars and motorcycles, and buying and selling cars. Smith is the author of Ultimate Boat Maintainence Projects, also from Motorbooks. He lives in Ankeny, Iowa.

From the Back Cover

No matter the era, young fans of high-performance cars are always looking for affordable tricks to build a hotter ride. Whether you re planning to increase horsepower, customize the exterior, tweak the suspension, or all of the above, building a great car is what How To Build a Hot Tuner Car is all about.

Author Scott Sky Smith shows you how to find a good project car, plan its transformation, and then build it into a tuner special. Smith shows you how to modify or replace headers, intake, exhaust, struts, and shocks. Also included are full-color pictures showing how to install Lambo-style doors, ground effects, graphics, nitrous, wheels, and more.

How to Build a Hot Tuner Car shows you not only how to build a performance special, but also how to find great deals every step of the way. Through the course of the book, Smith rebuilds and customizes a Honda Civic from the ground up, so you will see exactly how to proceed from the early stages to a finished car. Here are countless tips and tricks that will teach you how to make the best decisions for your project and your wallet as you build a car that will be fast, dependable, and great looking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motorbooks
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760329125
• ISBN 13: 9780760329122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160