A Hands-on Guide To Getting The Most From Your Toyota.
The Toyota Truck & Land Cruiser Owner’s Bible™ is the authoritative companion book for your Toyota truck, whether it’s a heavy hauling pickup, rugged off-road FJ40, or a new Land Cruiser that’s never left pavement.
Author, veteran truck mechanic and off-road expert Moses Ludel has written the only comprehensive source of information for Toyota Trucks and Land Cruisers-a history, buyer’s guide, service manual, and high-performance tuning book all in one! Discover every aspect of Toyota trucks, from their origins in 1958 to the latest technological advances.
You’ll learn tips for buying the right new or used truck, and which accessories make sense for your needs. Step-by-step procedures with hundreds of photos cover basic maintenance and more complicated work, like tune-ups, valve adjustments, brake jobs and installing aftermarket suspension/lift kits.
Get the hot set-up for your truck, whether you want low-end torque or high-RPM power. Moses gives specific tuning recommendations for engines from the early inline-6s to the advanced 4.5L 24-valve DJ engine. He shares expert insights into the best high performance components and the latest technology from Toyota Racing Development. You’ll also find suspension and chassis modifications, and the best tire and wheel combinations.
Comprehensive coverage of Toyota Trucks and Land Cruisers from 1958-1996,
including:
- 4Runner
- SR-5
- Tacoma
- T-100
- FJ25
- FJ40
- FJ43
- FJ45
- FJ55
- FJ80
- FJ60
- DJ80
- Stout
- Hi-Lux
- Xtra Cab
- Cab and Chassis Models
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High Performance is a dramatic, firsthand history of this daring sport, from the earliest “legal” drags run on rural airfields to the spectacular — and sometimes tragic — careers of drag racing’s most daring innovators. Post, a former racer himself, was an eyewitness to many of the episodes he describes. He has interviewed many of drag racing’s legends and superstars, such as “Pappy” Hart, who opened the first commercial strip in Santa Ana, California, in 1950, and Florida’s “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, the first person to define himself as a professional drag racer.
Post looks at all aspects of drag racing: the sport, the business, the means of personal affirmation. But most of all he explores it as a case study of technological enthusiasm, tracking the innovations that permitted racers to disprove on pavement the “laws of physics” authorities had laid out on paper. What emerges is a compelling look at the men and women who have devoted their lives to this extraordinary pursuit. In this revised edition, Post continues the story into the present, surveying the dynamics of the sport during the past decade.
When your pride is on the line at the track, it’s good to know that you have the best engine possible in your racecar. Whether you’re racing on dirt or pavement, whatever class you run, you know that it takes power and reliability to make it to victory circle. Tapping into the knowledge and expertise of some of racing’s top engine builders, the author delivers the information you need to put your engine at the front of the field.
This book is chock full of tips and tricks that will have your engine making more power–reliably–than the competition. It covers parts selection, block prep, short block assembly, advice on how to get the best results from your machine work, port work, camshaft and valvetrain parts and prep, oiling system recommendations, final assembly, and more. Readers will also benefit from the advice of top engine builder Keith Dorton, and will follow the builds ofan all-aluminum 800-hp dirt-track motor by Clements Racing Engines, a NASCAR Late Model Stock-style restricted motor from Charlie’s Automotive, and a Street-Stock engine by KT Engines. The photos in this edition are black and white.
This superior how-to chopper resource redefines extreme, and gives veteran and virgin chopper enthusiasts the tools to create the ride of their life! With chopper building enjoying outrageous popularity, a book with the same attitude is a must, and this reference is it. Builders get the low-down on chopping, fabricating, super charging and customizing any motorcycle in this inspiring reference. In more that 250 full-color photos and detailed directions, stunt car and chopper maven Eddie Paul illustrates key chopper building techniques when he takes on the Boss Hoss–the king of all extreme production motorcycles–and creates the most radical chopper to ever grace pavement!
The AMC-era CJ Jeep vehicle is a four-wheel drive icon. Built from 1972-1986, these models offer advanced technology and exceptional off-pavement ability. Today, they remain top contenders on the roughest trails and byways, providing the rugged utility that owners expect from the Jeep brand.
If working on your Jeep vehicle engine, transmission, transfer case, axles, steering system, electrical system or body tub has seemed just beyond your skill level, here is the fix! Moses Ludel, Jeep vehicle expert, automotive instructor and author of the Jeep Owners Bible, demystifies the most complex service procedures.
Jeep Models Covered: 1972-1986
- CJ-5
- CJ-6
- CJ-7
- CJ-8/Scrambler
At his Camp Jeep® workshops, Moses discovered that hobbyists and professional Jeep vehicle mechanics alike want heavily illustrated, step-by-step ‘how-to’ manuals. For the Jeep vehicle owner who finds the typical workshop manual impossible to decipher, Moses Ludel breaks ground with this book. The author and photographer/illustrator of more than 2,500 magazine tech articles and five popular Owner’s Bible books, Moses undertook the Jeep CJ Rebuilders Manual to meet the needs of Jeep vehicle owners and restorers. Using a pictorial, step-by-step format, this ambitious effort launches a series of ‘how-to’ rebuild manuals with a photograph marking each technical step.
Moses begins with the disassembly of an AMC-era CJ, photographing each step in the process. He then disassembles and rebuilds each powertrain, geartrain and axle component of the vehicle – again under the close-up scrutiny of his camera! Recognizing the performance expectations of contemporary owners, Moses Ludel then shifts to the popular upgrades that distinguish the ultimate trail-running CJ models. Each step is thoroughly explained, and even the most complex mechanical procedures can be readily understood.
For an authentic restoration to original equipment standards or sensible upgrades that will enhance the performance of your Jeep CJ, this is the book. Moses Ludel brings his mastery of Jeep technology into your shop!
The history of hot rodding is filled with stories of cars that were lost for a wide variety of reasons. Some were crashed, others lost in accidents, and others simply faded away. Its the third group that Lost Hot Rods II focuses on. Many great hot rods that were once famous were simply hidden away. Some of them have been tracked down and are now found once again.
As a solid follow-up to the success of the original Lost Hot Rods, this book continues the fun of discovering whatever happened to many of the great rods and customs built in the early days of the sport. Lost Hot Rods II shares the full story of each car, including how it was originally built, when it dropped off the radar, and how it was ultimately found. Photos from the past and present are included to showcase the story behind each and every one of these great cars.
Industry veteran and celebrated historian Pat Ganahl once again opens the archives and pounds the pavement in order to bring you the stories on some of the coolest cars ever to appear in shows or grace the pages of automotive magazines. A perfect companion to the best-selling Lost Hot Rods: Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found.
