Volkswagen Sport Tuning: For Street and Competition (Engineering and Performance)

Pretty decent book for the MK3 enthusiast. Will give tips for performance tuning and suspension. Does not go that far in depth. Not for diagnosing or extensive repair.

This is not a book for illegal street racers where anything goes, it is specific to cars running in legitimate closed-course competition. I dinged this book a couple of stars, because it did not include anything about performance rallying, or GTI Cup preparation, areas I am most interested in. Racing technology moves so fast that a book like this is partially out of date before it is printed. The "hot tire" last week is only good for a course marker this week. That said, Volkswagen Sport Tuning for Street and Competition does take you through the right stuff, and does a good job for autocrossers, solo, and time-trialists. A current rule-book and Bentley Repair manual is enough information to get you on the track - it's worth the money as a single source of information and a philosophy for preparation.I was involved with motor sports in the mid-seventies and ran out of money before I learned an important lesson - all the basic stuff has to be right before you start looking for performance modifications. I wish I had a book like this back then. No amount of chromed/polished/anodized bolt-on performance modifications will offset a worn-out motor, soft-motor-mounts, and a bad clutch. That kind of thing is basic to high performance driving. Of course when you're a kid, who can make you believe money spent on a new clutch is better than a 290degree unobtanium camshaftOverall I felt Volkswagen Sport Tuning for Street and Competition was money well spent and I would buy the book again if I lost it.

This is the book for Mk2 and Mk3 platforms , well written and accurate , handles interchanging parts and installing them too.

Not the part of the order i really wanted.It is probably an excellent book for Gen.1&2 VW owners,But has very little say or do with Generation 3 VW'S.WHICH is why I wonder why they packaged it a Gen.3 manual ,which I have not RECIEVED YET.Ordered 3 book PACKAGE to save money ,only recieved the least useful of the 3.THE reason I titled this WHY?,I have recieved an answer or response of any kind to any comments or suggestions sent to amazon.

Thank you. Perfect condition

I got this book in 1/24,and began to read it,this book gives me suggestions in various dimension,let me know that not only we can get performance improvement from brand new expensive modifications but also from salvage yard! Even if an old Rabbit can also runs in impressive condition! This book give me a new vision to performance tuning!

The product was as expected.

Decent read not as many technical specs as I had hoped for but still has good tips and tricks

Good book

Tiene toda la informacion necesaria para preparar un auto considerando piezas y partes comerciales. Quiza se qued aun poco corto para los que quieren llevar los autos a nuevos extremos.