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Introducing David Vizard David is a world renowned expert on engine design and development for automotive and marine applications. As the critically acclaimed author of over four thousand technical articles and 32 technical books, he has earned a global following of his ground-breaking work, with specialist areas in Mini, Ford and Chevrolet. Vizard has just finished what is expected to be a best seller in the Big Block Chevy arena. This
book deals with the power building of 454 to 632 inch big
block Chevrolets whilst keeping a close eye on the budget
spent. Most of this book is material that has never been
published before and it will give the big block Chevy engine
builder a new understanding of the issues that need to be
addresses and how to address them. Yet another Vizard
publication that can save the reader thousands of dollars on
a build (Projected publishing date May 2011).
Current projects include writing the definitive book on the
development and porting of cylinder heads for high
performance street and all out race use. Some of the info in
this book - such as how to build a $150 flow bench that
delivers more meaningful results than most commercial flow
benches will be presented in this 'How to Build Horsepower'
seminar.
Topics include engine, cylinder head and camshaft design for performance, nitrous oxide, race engines, and specifically small and big block Chevrolets. David's 528 page book on the A-Series Engine (Mini Cooper) was heralded as a milestone publication in as much that it set the standard for the rest of the industry. With over 50 years of experience, his hands-on approach to engineering delivers stunning results in his technical writing, this guy truly ‘walks the walk’.
How about one of the few engine
builders to have driven a car to a class pole position (at an
international event) with an engine they built and developed the
cam for (designed profiles) developed the head for in
competition with two F1 engine companies (significantly better
torque, HP and rpm). Tackled aero problems and solved them in an
era where little attention was made to such. Developed the
suspension and designed and made the shocks for such. Also
painted the car, was acting crew chief and team owner!!! How
about building a ground effect tunnel car (in this instance a
sedan) 6 years before the first one was seen at Indy! At
Prescott hill climb on a slightly damp track Vizard made the
climb of this historic asphalt venue faster than all the F1 cars
– in a 1293 cc Vizard built two barrel carbed Mini Cooper. We
could also talk about patents but that list is really really
long.
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