Any good books ??

[95z28]

Ive been looking for some good books on the lt1 and modifications, i have read a few of lingenfelters books on the small block but they dont realy contain much info on the lt1. any one know of any good ones that they have read, or have heard about that wud help beef up the brain a bit ??
thanks.

[Injuneer]

You're not going to find a lot of LT1-specific material. Any book that covers "small block Chevies" is going to be applicable. There is a book specifically for rebuilding the LT1/LT4. It is referenced in the list on my website:

http://members.aol.com/InjuneerZZ/Read.htm

[N20LT4Bird]

Originally posted by Injuneer
You're not going to find a lot of LT1-specific material. Any book that covers "small block Chevies" is going to be applicable. There is a book specifically for rebuilding the LT1/LT4. It is referenced in the list on my website:

http://members.aol.com/InjuneerZZ/Read.htm

Thats a pretty good book for stock or mildly modded LT1's. I read it through pretty well before I did my rebuild and it helped quite a bit.

[Injuneer]

I've also seen a soft cover book in Barnes & Noble along the lines of "Camaro Bolt-On Performance", or something like that. I found that most of the numbers used for gains were pretty much "manufaturer's claims" which are sometimes not too reliable. In effect, it was really just a large collection of advertising, IMHO.

There is a lot of mythology about LT1 mods, and if you were to ask about a few of the common ones, like "porting" the MAF sensor, or using the "IAT resistor", you would get results ranging from "doesn't work - worth nothing" to "I gained 5/10's and 5mph from that mod"...... the truth is always somewhere in between, and often closer to the "does nothing" end of the scale.