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The Sports Car Its design and performance

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Colin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1978, 1978
Edition:4th ed. 1978
Subjects:
Humanities And Social Sciences
Humanities
Social Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Petrol engine developments: stratified charge: turbocharging: air fuel ratio control
  • The transmission
  • Tyres and suspension: no-roll suspension
  • Braking
  • The long-life car
  • 14 Design Studies
  • The Jaguar
  • The Lotus
  • The Mercedes
  • The Porsche
  • Lucas electronic fuel injection
  • Bosch K-Jetronic mechanical system
  • 6 The Engine: Miscellaneous Components
  • The crankcase
  • The crankshaft
  • Crankshaft bearings: bearing pressures: bearing materials
  • General lubrication
  • Pistons
  • Cooling: air cooling: water cooling
  • The ignition system: sparking plugs: the conventional coil ignition: new ignition developments
  • 7 Road-Holding
  • Tyres: the grip on the road: the tyre footprint
  • Cornering power
  • Tyre construction
  • Aquaplaning
  • Cornering behaviour: oversteer and understeer: rear wheel drive: front wheel drive: braking
  • The mid-engined sports car
  • Factors leading to understeer
  • 8 The Suspension
  • Springs
  • Pitching
  • Independent suspension
  • Shimmy and tramp
  • Representative designs: Jaguar, Porsche, Datsun, Aston Martin
  • The suspension damper: double-tube damper: single tube damper
  • 9 The Chassis, Frame and Body
  • Materials
  • Torsional stiffness
  • The tubular frame
  • 1 The Development of the Sports Car
  • Motor sport
  • The sports car
  • The history of the sports car
  • The first sports car
  • The fabulous years
  • Historic sports cars
  • The future of the sports car
  • 2 The Engine: Combustion
  • Cylinder head history
  • Combustion chamber research
  • Volumetric efficiency
  • Knock
  • Limiting compression ratio
  • Types of combustion chamber
  • 3 The Engine: Induction and Exhaust
  • The induction system
  • The 4-cylinder in-line engine
  • The 6-cylinder in-line engine
  • The V-8 engine
  • Ramming induction pipes
  • Ramming pipe theory
  • Forward-ram intakes
  • Cold-air intakes
  • The exhaust system
  • The silencer
  • Ramming exhaust pipes
  • Branched exhaust pipes
  • 4 The Engine: Valve Gear
  • Push-rod valve operation
  • Double overhead valve operation
  • Single overhead camshaft head
  • The four-valve head
  • Desmodromic operation
  • 5 The Engine: Fuel Metering
  • The carburettor
  • The S.U. principle
  • The H.I.F. model
  • Fuel injection
  • Unitary body-chassis construction
  • The backbone chassis
  • The shape of the body: drag coefficients, lift at high speed, the air dam, directional stability at high speed
  • 10 The Transmission
  • Torque multiplication
  • The gear ratios
  • The overdrive
  • Synchromesh
  • The automatic transmission
  • The clutch
  • The final drive
  • Universal joints
  • The limited slip differential
  • 11 The Brakes
  • The grip on the road
  • Braking forces
  • Weight transference under braking
  • Brake fade
  • Disc brakes: disc brakes for the high-speed sports car, pad materials
  • 12 Performance
  • Standards of performance
  • The meaning of power
  • Acceleration: acceleration times for 0–60 m.p.h., the concept of effective mass
  • Maximum speed
  • 13 The Sports Car in the Future
  • The Engine: promising alternatives, the gas turbine, rotating combustion engines, the Diesel engine, the Stirling engine, the steam engine

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