The following articles are online "lectures" by Jim McFarland. These are older archived articles that no longer appear on his site. Special thanks to Gearhead Tom Murphy for supplying them. There is some VERY interesting and informative reading here. Enjoy. These lectures are reprinted with the permission of Jim McFarland and www.n2performance.com. The following disclaimer applies:
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combustionlecture.pdf Combustion patterns: The telltale signs of power, or lack thereof.
airflow.pdf Airflow and the Internal Combustion Engine.
induction.pdf The Manifold Parts of Automotive Induction Systems.
internalcombustion.pdf The Combustion Process of an Internal Combustion Engine.
exhaustsystems.pdf Exhausting Systems.
muffled.pdf Muffled Performance.
Been looking for a way to organize all of the specs, clearances and part number for your new engine build? Try one of these Excel based engine "Build Sheets" 2 are pretty much generic. One is Ford based. Download and use as you please. Thanks to Keith Starner for providing them.