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Date: 29 July 2010
  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’.


What qualifies Vizard to present a Seminar like this?
For starters here how about a combined 169 first places, track records, pole positions, fastest laps and championship wins - in just one season from just 8 engines? If that was all he has achieved that would set him apart from most engine builders right there and you might ask - so what else could there be?

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.

If your list of accomplishments is just short of this maybe Vizard can put your engines into the winners circle in less time than you may imagine possible. This subject is brought up because Vizard is well renowned for taking complex subject and disseminating them into simple to understand blocks of info that integrate into a far better understanding of what is going on and why certain combinations work and certain ones don’t. Let’s face it to beat an field of F1 cars in a 1293 cc, all iron Mini Cooper is not something that is likely to happen without a good understanding of combinations from the point the tires touch the road to the point the exhaust exits the pipe.

It is also very noteworthy that he has put rank beginners into the winners circle on literally dozens of occasions – often without actually seeing the car involved. Here’s a good example – his then 17 year old daughter and her 18 year old boyfriend (who has subsequently became one of England’s top motorcycle road race engine development specialists working as a consultant for a big factory team) using DV big ‘A’ series tuning book over a two year period scored an impressive 80% plus win record. Their 1275 mini GT was never beaten by a pro built car or for that matter a factory built car. This is far from the only time Vizard has put a relative beginner into the winners circle, not one but multiple times. If you are on the fence on your sign up decision here is another interesting Vizard Stat. He is the only technical writer on the face of the planet who has published books that has allowed beginners/novices to win races against seasoned championship winning pro’s.

As far as seminar satisfaction is concerned the lowest attendee approval score at any of the university lectures Vizard has done is 99.1% - that’s the lowest – the highest is a multiple number of 100% scores. At the universities concerned Vizard is the highest scoring lecturer on record!

If you have any doubts about ease of understanding go buy a copy of what will be the lecture notes (The new updated color edition of ‘How to Build Horsepower’ Published by Cartech – wwwcartechbooks.com)

Sections of this seminar were ’road tested’ in March of 09 in New Zealand. They were nothing short of a resounding success and those KiWi’s had already started the ball rolling for return visit for 2012 before DV had even left the county on his current visit. The ‘by invitation’ Pro Seminar sold out at $650 for an 8 hour deal and scored a 100% attendee approval.

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