Learn how Webers work and what to change for improved performance. Comprehensive chapters include carburetion basics and Weber carburetor design, selecting and installing correct Weber setup for your engine, tuning for maximum perfomance, and rebuilding Weber carburetors. Select, install and tune Weber sidedraft and downdraft carburetors for performance or economy. Also includes theory of operation and design, troubleshoot, and repair.

This series of comprehensive manuals gives the home mechanic an in-depth look at specific areas of auto repair.

This book is the distillation of many years experience of working with Weber carburetors. These celebrated carburetors have been fitted to some of the most exciting and memorable cars and have been more widely used by tuners and modifiers, both for road and competition machinery, than any alternative. The mysteries of why and how they work so well and the practicalities of getting the best from them in any application are explained at length. Setting the carburetor to suit a particular engine, fault-finding on an existing installation, and the maintenance and repair of older carburetors are all topics which receive detailed attention. Anyone maintaining or restoring a classic Weber-equipped car, or contemplating a Weber-based conversion, or simply interested in the science of engine performance and tuning, will learn something from these pages.

All you could want to know about the most famous and popular high performance sidedraught carbs. Covers strip and rebuild, tuning, choke sizes and much more. Features: *New! Enlarged, revised and updated edition * complete with extra illustrations - of Veloce's best-selling SpeedPro title. * New information on Dellorto carburettors * All you could want to know about the world's most famous and popular high-performance sidedraught carburetors. * Application formula gives the right set-up for YOUR car. * Covers all Weber DCOE, DCO/SP & Dellorto DHLA carburetors. * Strip & rebuild, tuning, jetting & choke sizes. - New! Enlarged, revised and updated edition - complete with extra illustrations - of Veloce's best-selling SpeedPro title. - New information on Dellorto carburettors- All you could want to know about the world's most famous and popular high-performance

Did you know that SUs can give almost as much performance as Webers & Dellortos? Here’s an expert guide to building and modifying SU carburettors to suit high-performance applications. Includes re-profiling needles and how to ‘jet’ SUs for almost any application.

The complete practical guide to successfully modifying cylinder heads for maximum power, economy and reliability. Applies to almost every car/motorcycle (not 2-stroke) and to all road and track applications.

Des Hammill provides expert practical advice on how to build an ignition system that delivers maximum power reliably. This book tells you how to build an excellent system, in a cost effective way, and how to optimise the ignition timing of any high-performance engine. A useful hands-on guide for the home mechanic.