Product Description

If you are aspiring to build a racing car, this could be the book that you've been waiting for! Tony Pashley revisits the path that he took in the Pashley Project articles in Race Tech magazine during the design and construction of two successful hillclimb cars, but this time in great detail, with a view to enabling the reader to carry out a similar exercise for themselves. Although hillclimb and sprint cars are the focal topic, a lot of the book is applicable to race cars in general. The cars under discussion in the book are powered by motorcycle engines, which are meeting with great success in the smaller racing car classes. The total process of building a car is described, beginning with the selection and procurement of the engine. Chassis and suspension design is covered in a simplistic but adequate manner as the author's aim is to minimise the inclusion of involved calculations. Two recipes for chassis construction are illustrated in detail along, with guidance on the processes of construction and a description of the required equipment. Following on from this, the fabrication of the suspension is explained. Further chapters are dedicated to the remaining aspects of the vehicle, covering transmission, brakes, fuel and coolant systems, and electrics. The book is heavily illustrated with 200 photographs and extensive explanatory diagrams and tables. A vital addition to any would be kit car builders library.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24281 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Tony Pashley has been active in motorsports for almost fifty years, starting out in motorcycle scrambling in 1957 and subsequently becoming involved in competing and developing machinery in various branches of the sport on two, three and four wheels. Initially trained as a toolmaker, he subsequently worked on engine development in the aircraft industry before becoming a project engineer in the nuclear power industry. For the last twenty years Tony has been involved in speed hillclimbing, invariably driving racing cars of his own design and construction with considerable success.

Customer Reviews

A Must Have For Any Budding Constructor!
If you want to build a kit car, this is not the book for you. If however you have a budding designer wanting to embark on designing and constructing your own racing car this book is a must have. Its a very well put together book, guiding you through the process of designing and building a motorcycle engined racing car, with everything from engine selection, to design and construction. The best thing about this book is that it warns you of the pitfalls of various decisions that one could make, guiding you to design and plan your car so that you avoid such mistakes. For this alone its worth many times it's cover price as it will save you both time and money when it comes to design and build your car.

So in closing, if you want a book with full designs for a cookie cutter knock-off Caterham this isnt the book you want, but if you want to build a unique and competitive car for racing, sprinting or hillclimbing then buy this book right now!

Dissapointing
I was dissapointed by this book. I thought it would show you chassis and suspension drawings, but alas not. It does give some good detail about how to build a racing car, but not to the same level as a haynes roadster or Ron Chapions book. So if you want a book that includes plans that you can use then look else where.