David Vizard's Guide to Cylinder Head Porting and Flow Testing: An S-A Design Handbook

michael g kobielski: The author is a master of his craft, and this publication a far reach into the mind of a man exceptional at his craft.

United States on Oct 06, 2023

Kindle Customer: Excellent book

United States on Aug 02, 2023

william m.: Dv is such a resource it gave me a great perspective on the area of the heads to work on and how to allocate my time resources to maximize my gains a must read

United States on Mar 15, 2023

Juha Salmela: Great book to dive deep world of porting, can recommend.

Sweden on Dec 07, 2022

Clodey: As a reference book, it is quite factual, with testing as the known datum.

Australia on Aug 11, 2022

Thomas M Hansen: This product is full of the information the that use everyday in my hobby,and wish I had purchased this book 10 years ago.

Canada on Apr 25, 2022

Antonio Hernandez: As ilustrações são boas e as informações também.

Brazil on Sep 19, 2021

kindle reader: A great book containing a wealth of information for all the DIY engine tuners out there. Of all the areas of the engine that can feel like there's a magical art to. it all it has to be porting and flowing cylinder heads. Yet in a naturally aspirated engine fitting a well sorted head is one of the most effective and at the same time little understood modifications you can do but DV will demystify the whole subject in this must have tuning bible.

It's all laid out in his direct and matter of fact style that should appeal to the novice yet there's enough here for those, like myself, who have a degree in engineering and are pretty familiar with tuning engines.
Obviously,there's more here than just the plain step by step guide it isn't an instruction sheet for flat pack furniture by which I mean if you want to know the fundamentals and a certain amount of more detailed ideas and concepts that can be taken and applied to all modern engines not just American V8s.

United Kingdom on Oct 23, 2018

Jim Allen: Vizard is legendary for being able to put complex technical topics down clearly on paper in an understandable way and this book is no exception. Many technical writers merely state things based on their training and experience. And those statements may be 100 percent accurate. Vizard takes the extra steps to show you the proof that comes from his objective testing. If you are a geek like me, you will devour every word of this book like it was your first meal after a three day fast. I wished for a little "more" on the topic but know there is a level past which this can't be taught without hands-on experience. Consider this book a primer for someone in preparation for gaining some specific experience. There is no "one size fit's all" when it comes to porting so it really can't be taught generically. I'm sure Vizard could have taught how to port a particular head and given us one of his secret recipes for that head but that recipe wouldn't translate to another head. The bottom line here is that if you expect this book, or any other, to show you how to port any head for fun, profit and mondo horsepower with no more than a die grinder, you will be disappointed. While you can...

United States on Feb 20, 2016

emma 351: this is a good book despite the self indulgence of the author
his text and drawing content is very good and enlightening to a person with a bent towards the subject matter he definatly imparts a good deal of quality info
however he is enamoured with graphs, they explain everthing!! if you have a degree
in quantum physics. some are self explanatory but the bulk of them there is no explanation that make sense of them to me the left school in the eight grader
I am by no means smart or stupid just a small note in how to interpret each graph would have made this a superb book and I am still glad I paid for it and had it sent to Australia
would be head porter from down under

United States on Oct 10, 2012