How to Build Pro-Touring GM Street Machines (S-A Design)

By Tony E. Huntimer

GM's muscle cars of the 1960s and 1970s were great for their time, but what they did best was go in a straight line. Later, we saw this single-minded emphasis on straight-line performance get taken to the extreme by the Pro-Street movement. But today's performance cars have it all: speed, handling, drivability, and comfort. The Pro-Touring movement lets you bring this total-package mentality to the car of your choice. How To Build and Modify GM Pro-Touring Street Machines shows you how to build a Pro-Touring machine: a classic muscle car that accelerates, stops, corners, and rides as good as -- or often better than -- Detroit's best new high-performance cars. But muscle cars aren't the only platform for a Pro-Touring project -- almost any car that needs it can be upgraded! Author Tony E. Huntimer goes through a car's major systems: engine, drivetrain, chassis, suspension, body, and interior -- and shows you how to upgrade your ride and make it a stand-out performer. Electronic fuel injection, 6-speed trannies, better shocks and springs, modern seating and instruments, and subtle body mods are all covered, along with step-by-step how-to sequences on many key modifications. Modern sports-car performance, in the body style of your choice -- that's what Pro-Touring is all about! Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884089763
• ISBN13: 9781884089763
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cartech
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.1"