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By Roger Huntington, Softbound, ISBN: 9781931128087, 1997 Reprint of 1951 classic -
- Speed Tuning Theory Costs H.P. & Torque
Forty-seven years later I am pleased to reprint Roger Huntington's How to Hop Up Ford & Mercury V8 Engines, originally published in 1951 by Floyd Clymer in Los Angeles. Treasured by enthusiasts, by the 1990s these books had become almost impossible to find. Good copies were selling for $50 at swap meets.
I personally knew Roger Huntington and always appreciated his insightful articles on automobile design and especially on automotive performance.
Although he was a paraplegic, Roger never let that stop his search for automotive knowledge. You just never knew when you would see him in his wheelchair--at drag races, at press introductions at GM, Ford or Chrysler, out "test driving" as he rode along and got impressions of how a new car handled and performed. Then he would write about what he learned and how he felt about the car. His byline appeared in almost every automotive magazine of the day. Roger Huntington's name was synonymous with then-current knowledge about high performance.
I know you will enjoy reliving history as you turn the pages of this automotive performance classic.
Bill Fisher September 15, 1997
