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“obsolete” Harley-Davidson V-twin, older British bike, Chrysler “poly” V8 engine, older sidevalve six-cylinder, or older Chevrolet “stovebolt” & G.M.C. OHV six-cylinder engine is capable of surprising speed & power, without loss of original appearance or reliability. Over 40 years of research and experience has gone into these booklets. They are the original, best, and most complete technical literature you can buy to get the most
from your classic vehicle. Before making any decisions about modifying (or even rebuilding) your motor, get the best help available, and do it right the first time. In some cases, more details or a complete list of contents is available; click the booklet cover.
Please note: these are not “coffee table books” or repair manuals, they are research tools for those who seriously want to improve the efficiency of their engines. They are all stapled paperback construction (except as noted) to reduce printing costs. Click the subject category below, or click on any cover for a complete list of contents. |
Harley-Davidson booklets |
“The Linkert Book”; is my complete booklet on the Linkert (L&L) brass Model “M” carburetor, as used on all Harley-Davidson motorcycles 1933-56 (and some until 1964), as well as most Indian twins. Revised February 2008. Click the cover picture for complete details. |  |
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“45 Performance”; is the complete collection of only my 45 Model power & speed booklets, subject titles including strokers, relieving, porting, factory hot parts, big valves, motor data chart, bore & stroke chart, sprocket ratio chart, transmission ratio charts, racing specs, service tips, more. Click the cover picture for complete details. |
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“Mikuni Tuning for Harley-Davidsons” for the VM type round-slide carburetors. Want more performance from your Harley-Davidson knucklehead, panhead, 45, or U-Series? Already have a Mikuni carburetor, but don’t know how to adjust it? Doesn’t run “right“, and won’t respond to the changes you’ve made? Can’t make any sense of the |  |
original Japanese “instructions&rdquo? Looking for an affordable alternative to replacing or rebuilding your tired Linkert? This booklet will help you. Click the cover picture for complete details. |
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“80 Performance”; is the complete collection of 1937-48 U-Series power & speed booklets, subject titles including strokers, relieving, porting, factory hot parts, motor data chart, racing specs, more. Click the cover for details. |  |
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“British Transmission Ideas” my comments, hints & shortcuts to installing an early non-unit British 4-spd. box from a Triumph, BSA, Norton, Royal Enfield, etc. in your 45 solo for hand-clutch & foot shift operation, better acceleration, etc. with 15 charts & 22 black & white illustrations. Click the cover for details. |  |
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“The 45 Magnum” my comments on installing 900cc 1957-71 iron Sportster cylinders & heads on 45 lower end for killer performance and appearance, very compex, requires heli-arc welding, machining and frame modifications. Includes dimensions, list of required parts, illustrations and diagrams. Click the cover picture for complete details. |  |
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“Panhead Rocker Arm Tuning” want more performance from your 1948-65 panhead EL, FL, FLH &c? Top end seems noisier than it should? Rocker arms and valve stems have strange wear patterns? Installing a high-lift cam and want to maximize results? This booklet will focus on more advanced and complex information beyond what’s |  |
currently available including the factory service manual, Palmer’s book and Shop Dope, but it’s still in progress, expected completion in 2009. Shop owners: this is a great service to add to your customer’s engine rebuild. Click the cover picture to receive notification when this booklet is available. |
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“Shovelhead & Sportster Rocker Arm Tuning” want more performance from your 1966-83 shovelhead big twin or 1957-85 ironhead Sportster? Top end seems noisier than it should? Rocker arms and valve stems have strange wear patterns? Installing a high-lift cam and want to maximize results? This booklet will focus on more advanced and |  |
complex information beyond what’s currently available including the factory service manual, Palmer’s book and Shop Dope, but it’s still in progress, expected completion in 2009. Shop owners: this is a great service to add to your customer’s engine rebuild. Click the cover for notification when this booklet is available. |
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British motorcycle booklets |
“Super-Tuning Amal Monobloc”; Carburetors and Intake Systems for British Motorcycles;
want more performance from your 1955-68 AJS, BSA, Matchless, Norton, Royal Enfield, Triumph, or Velocette single or twin with Amal Monoblocs? Already have 375, 376, 389, or 689 carburetors, but don’t know how to adjust them? Doesn’t run |  |
“right”, and won’t respond to the changes you’ve made? Can’t make any sense of the xeroxed generic 50 year old “instructions”? This booklet will help you. Click the cover for more details. |
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“Super-Tuning Amal Concentric”; Carburetors and Intake Systems for British Motorcycles; want more performance from your 1967-* BSA, Triumph, Norton or Royal Enfield single, twin or triple with Concentrics?
Already have 626, 928, 930, &c. carburetors, but don’t know how to adjust them? Doesn’t run “right”, and won’t respond |  |
to the changes you’ve made? Can’t make any sense of the xeroxed generic 40 year old “instructions”? This booklet will help you; click the cover picture for complete details. |
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“Super-Tuning Mikuni VM”; Carburetors and Intake Systems for British Motorcycles; for the VM type round-slide carburetors. Want more performance from your older Triumph, BSA, Norton, Royal Enfield or Matchless? Already have Mikuni VM carburetors, but don’t know how to adjust them? Doesn’t run “right”, and won’t respond |  |
to the changes you’ve made? Can’t make any sense of the original Japanese “instructions”? Looking for an affordable alternative to replacing or rebuilding your tired Amal Monoblocs or Concentrics? This booklet will help you. Click the cover picture for complete details. |
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“Norton Race Manual” want more performance from your Norton twin? This booklet by Jim Schmidt will help you. Click the cover for more details. | |  |
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“Triumph 4-Speed Transmission Ratio Analyzer”; is in Microsoft Excel .xls format. It already includes the number of teeth on all gears and accepts engine RPM, sprocket choice, and wheel diameter as variable inputs, compares all possible internal ratio choices for RPM change on a shift (both in percentages lost and recovered, and the actual |  |
RPM in the new gear), lowest RPM reached in the entire range, speed in MPH reached in each gear, overall gear ratio including final drive sprockets, etc. Click the logo for complete details. |
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“Triumph 5-Speed Transmission Ratio Analyzer”; is in Microsoft Excel .xls format. It already includes the number of teeth on all gears and accepts engine RPM, sprocket choice, and wheel diameter as variable inputs, compares all possible internal ratio choices for RPM change on a shift (both in percentages lost and recovered, and the actual | |
RPM in the new gear), lowest RPM reached in the entire range, speed in MPH reached in each gear, overall gear ratio including final drive sprockets, etc. Click the logo for complete details. |
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“BSA Unit Twin Transmission Ratio Analyzer”; is in Microsoft Excel .xls format. It already includes the number of teeth on all gears and accepts engine RPM, sprocket choice, and wheel diameter as variable inputs, compares all possible internal ratio choices for RPM change on a shift (both in percentages lost and recovered, and the actual RPM in | |
the new gear), lowest RPM reached in the entire range, speed in MPH reached in each gear, overall gear ratio including final drive sprockets, etc. Click the logo for complete details. |
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“Transmission Ratio Analyzer”; is in Microsoft Excel .xls format. It already includes the number of teeth on all gears and accepts engine RPM, sprocket choice, and wheel diameter as variable inputs, compares all possible internal ratio choices for RPM change on a shift (both in percentages lost and recovered, and the actual RPM in the new gear), | |
lowest RPM reached in the entire range, speed in MPH reached in each gear, overall gear ratio including final drive sprockets, etc. Currently available for BSA A10 & Gold Star, Norton twins, Yahama XS650 twins, H-D Sportster 4-speed, H-D Sportster & Buell 5-speed, and H-D big twin 4 & 5-speeds. Click the logo for complete details. |
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Automotive booklets |
“Six-Cylinder Sidevalve Performance” want more performance from your older side-valve or flathead in-line six-cylinder (L6) engine. Your "obsolete" motor is capable of surprising speed & power, without loss of reliability. The comments and observations are relevant to Dodge & Plymouth 218 & 230, Chrysler & DeSoto 237, 251 & 265, Ford 226, Hudson 232, 262 & 308, Oldsmobile, Pontiac 239, Rambler 196, Studebaker, &c. L6 side-valve engines, although no specific individual recommendations are made. This booklet is still in progress, expected completion in 2009. Click here to receive notification when this booklet is available. |
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“Adapting the Eaton Supercharger” Want more performance from your older in-line four or six cylinder engine including Chrysler flathead 218, 230, 237, 251 & 265 L6 and Slant 6 170, 198 & 225; Chevrolet 1937-63 216, 235 & 261 “stovebolt” L6 and 1962-* 153 L4, 194, 215, 230, 250 & 292 L6, Ford 144, 170, 200, 240, 250 or 300 L6 and |  |
similar older in-line engines? Having trouble finding speed equipment that is anything more than "dress-up" parts? A reliable and inexpensive Eaton supercharger can be adapted to your engine without complex machining or welding to provide power beyond that available by normally aspirated methods. This booklet is still in progress, expected completion in 2009. Click the cover picture to receive notification when this booklet is available. |
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“Chevrolet Stovebolt Six-Cylinder Performance” want more performance from your 1937-63 stovebolt? Rather than merely summarize and repeat what you’ve already read in “California Bill” Fisher, Roger Huntington, Frank McGurk, etc. this booklet will focus on more advanced and complex information beyond what’s currently on the market, but |  |
it’s still in progress, expected completion later in 2009. Please note: this will not cover the 1939-63 G.M.C. or 1963-* Chevrolet 194, 230, 250 or 292 later model engines. Click the cover picture to receive notification when this booklet is available. |
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“G.M.C. Six-Cylinder Performance”; want more performance from your 1939-63 L-6? Rather than merely summarize and repeat what you’ve already read in “California Bill” Fisher, Roger Huntington, Frank McGurk, etc. this booklet will focus on more advanced and complex information beyond what’s currently on the market, but it’s still in progress, |  |
expected completion late in 2009. Please note: this will not cover the 1937-63 Chevrolet stovebolt or 1963-* 194, 230, 250 or 292 later model engines. Click the cover picture to receive notification when this booklet is available. |
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“Chrysler Poly Performance” is my comprehensive illustrated booklet on obtaining the best performance from your 1955-66 Dodge, 1955-58 Chrysler, 1955-66 Plymouth, or 1955-58 DeSoto wide-block “poly” motor. Your “obsolete” poly is capable of surprising speed & power, without loss of reliability. It’s the most complete do-it-yourself |  |
literature you can buy to get the most from your poly motor. Before modifying (or even rebuilding) your motor, get the best help available, and do it right the first time. Click the cover picture for complete details. |
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