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Over a hundred preview books have been sent out now. I have heard nary a peep out of anyone. Has anyone read it yet? Any comments questions? Or does the book answer everything? I hardly think so.
Why so quiet on the subject? -Wayne
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Wayne R. Dempsey, Founder, Pelican Parts Inc., and Author of: 101 Projects for Your BMW 3-Series • 101 Projects for Your Porsche 911 • How to Rebuild & Modify Porsche 911 Engines • 101 Projects for Your Porsche Boxster & Cayman • 101 Projects for Your Porsche 996 / 997 • SPEED READ: Porsche 911 Check out our new site: Dempsey Motorsports |
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Sorry, been too busy with my new double cab, and getting all my transmission stuff squared away. If it makes you feel any better, I haven't touched the 930S wheel, either.
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Offer a bounty for found and reported errors or worthy suggestions. I can't help; I'm waiting on the color copy and I am short of time these days. Jim
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I like it Wayne. I've read scattered parts of your book, probably about 60% of it. I think you did a good job in communicating to your intended audience. I think it would be great if you could beef up your section on Top Engine Picks. Many of us might never implement an upgrade like those in the book, but it's a lot fun to read (and dream) about them. I'm looking forward to the official color edition. Good job!
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Wayne,
I posted before, but had 4.5 hours on a plane yesterday to read through most of it... SO here goes Pros: - Easy to understand. I like the modifications section. - Order was smooth and intuitive - Language was written at mostly a shadetree level. I would have added a glossary though. I had to noodle on what some words mean. Now mind you, the time to research these auto-terms is minimal compared to the research a new guy has to do anyway, no big deal. - I really liked the procedure for checking valve to piston clearance. Never heard that before, but takes a load off as to how I was going to do this! ![]() Cons: - Preview copy pictures are a wash. (understandable) - There were missing torque values in some places Suggestions for additions to v.2: 1. Torque tables 2. Glossary 3. Checklist per section to make sure you did what you were supposed to. Overall impression: This is going to be an AWESOME book! Most rebuild books are written as a reference for those that already know how to do it. I really like the fact that I can preview each section before assembly and disassembly to familiarize myself with what needs to be done. It's clear, concise, and easy to understand for me, even though I've never done this before.
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I'm slammed with work since I received the book on Friday. Nonetheless, I toted it with me to my hotel-of-the-week and have made a bit of progress (only through disassembly unfortunately).
Are you interested in grammatical and general editing feedback, or shall I kindly go ***** myself? Just in that chapter I've identified some goofs. Let me know if you want to know and I'll PM you. Also let me know your copy freeze deadline and I'll get on the ball reading it. I'm on vacation next week and plan to go cover-to-cover. -d EDIT: The more I think about it, the more porsche_virus's case presents a serious caveat to all this; these books (yours and others) bolster the confidence of an otherwise uninformed enthusiast and lead them into potentially bad situations. While virus's case is an extreme example of headstrong recklessness combined with an utter lack of a clue, you may generate some ill will from those who get in over their heads because they think they have a book with answers to every imaginable question. The suggestion: Have a foreword or addendum to a chapter which outlines your assumptions of some essential knowledge. Perhaps you could recommend some other books with which to gain essential knowledge of IC engines, fuel injection, carburetion, simple engine electrics, etc. Case in point: I followed the Haynes manual to the letter in timing a VW Jetta. Didn't work - we verified that I had followed the directions correctly, but of course the engine wasn't timed. I didn't have the knowledge (and the book didn't provide it either) of the logic necessary to time the engine. Will I buy another Haynes manual? Never. I've since determined that the Haynes instructions do not provide enough detail to time the engine. If I've missed your provision for the virus factor, sorry. As mentioned I've not gotten very far.
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I found that the DYNO section was the most helpful. Don't ask me why.
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Wayne,
How come I can get the (unsolicited) Performance Products Bling Catalog sent to my mailbox in exactly 1 week, while my preview copy of your book is still *not* here. I thought you were sending it USPS Airmail to Canada. What kind of a plane does USPS use anyway? Was there a crash/hi-jacking I haven't heard about?
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Doug, your book shipped out last Wednesday.
As for torque values - every fastener is listed in Appendix A. Any corrections and typos would be appreciated. The book has been read about 30 times by 3-4 people, but there's a lot there... As for the newbie factor, I've tried to be as clear as possible on just about every step. I wrote the book from the perspective that you didn't know anything. Anyone with a decent set of tools and hands should be good to go. I can't hold everyone's hand... -Wayne
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I bought mine as a means of supporting this BBS and Wayne, with no realistic expectation of rebuilding anytime in the near future. I've spent a few hours with it, just daydreaming about being able to tackle the task someday...
I've seen a few typos, a few paragraphs I would have written differently, but overall my impression is that it's clear and well-written. |
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Wayne - I read somewhere that the publishing date is tomorrow?
here it is: http://www.easyvalue.com/indexcompare.asp?sku=0760310874&gsessid=4F341879-98E7-42DD-A5FF-6A2CB9C75587:5750&lcatg=books Any chance of me getting this for my Dad before xmas? |
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Wayne,
I just came back from a business trip and read the book cover to cover on the airplane. I've never ripped apart an engine but I thought I knew quite a bit about them. After reading the book, I have a new understanding and respect for anyone who could design and rebuild one of these. That said, it was concise and I understood exactly what you were trying to get us to do. It will be much better when the pictures and descriptions are with the text. The explainations of why things are being done in a certain way and the little tricks were especially helpful. I learned more about Porsche engines and engines in general in the hours on the plane than I have in my 54 years. I don't know if I will attempt a rebuild myself as i don't know about machine shops and getting all of the internal grinding and measureing done. What made me very nervous was the part on tolerances....cutting and pasting and then finding things don't fit. However, If I need a rebuild, I know what questions to ask. Thanks for a great piece of work. Now....when is the Transmission book coming out? I think I need to do that fairly soon and I'd like to try that myself. Dave ![]()
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Seems like there's quite a few guys that use airplanes for daily transport like me...
![]() Wayne, Am I to assume that Appendix A is not in the preview copy?
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I have read the book to about the middle of the assembly section (although I must confess that I skiped some ot the sections that did not apply to my car, like the EFI stuff). I am in the middle of rebuilding my 2.2E as a short stroke 2.5. I have rebuilt non-Porsche motors in the past. I think that the book is extremely clearly written and logical in its structure. I allready knew about 85% of what I read, and was very grateful for the 15% that was previously either unclear or unknown to me. The teardown and modifications section verified what I had previously gleaned from BA and others that seem to know what they are talking about. The assembly section, it appears, will be invaluable in the process of putting all 8 million insanely expensive parts back together in a way that will hopefully reduce the chance of disaster. The assemby section will help me organize my work efforts (less for me to think about, much appreciated). I have found some typos and an occasional unclear sentence, but overall, it seems very polished. It can't be all things, and it still would be great to see a more technical book that covered more exotic possibilities for the 911 engine. Anderson's book does this to some extent, but is compromised by its lack of clarity and logic, and suffers from attempting too broad of a scope. Perhaps you should team up with Anderson for an esoteric 911 motor book. Great work, Wayne. I'm very glad to have the book, and would highly recommend it to any 911 enthusiast.
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I have not been able to read pass chapter 2, but I have browse all the book, so I will only comment on general formating for now:
- If a table extends beyond one page repeat the headers (column labels) in the other pages i.e. Machine Shop costs table on Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 Performance Upgrades table, same comment as before (column headings) plus include 2.4 Case with CIS - No index or page numbers (yes I do understand that it is a preview copy) - The fact of not having the pictures with the text if very time consuming and confusing for someone like me which is mostly a 'visual-learner' (yes, I do understand that it is a preview copy). I expect to finish the book over the weekend. More to follow.
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Just a ?? Wayne...
What do your demographics say are the percentage of Porsche owners that would attempt to rebuild a motor ??
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I plan to read it all next week on the flight to CA. I did notice an error in the part about Carreras' DME relays. Book says they're under the passenger's seat. Mine's under my driver's seat.
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"What do your demographics say are the percentage of Porsche owners that would attempt to rebuild a motor ??"
Interesting point. I'm going to buy one with no intention of rebuilding my motor. I figure: - I'll have a better understanding of what is going on - I can make smarmy Pelican posts referring to page X in Wayne's book - books are cool ![]() ![]() ![]() I do plan to have a crack at rebuilding my 2002 motor (it at least now needs bottom end stuff) - any info I can find is great (hence I bought a book on rebuilding Ford Pinto motors).
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Right - got the driver's side error fixed. I actually fixed that one already, but the layout person missed the correction (now, that's frustrating).
Thanks for the feedback, I have one last chance to review it this weekend for typos and omissions. The tables are not laid out in the preview book - they will look better in the real book... -Wayne
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Hey...did ya send ME one?
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