I read the book cover to cover. My impression is that this book contains exhaust and intake design information that was current in the 50's and '60s. Very little information for modern 4 or 5 valve per cylinder engines, and fuel injection tuned intake systems. No information on practical design of V8 performance exhaust system for street emmissions legal exhaust. Needs updated.

When my copy ofScientific Design of Exhaust & Intake Systems by John C. Morrison(Contributor), Philip Hubert Smith arrived I was quite excited. A scholarly text on intakes and exhaust! When I went to put it with others like it on my book shelf I realized that it was written by the same author that wrote The Design and Tuning of Competition Engines, Philip Smith. Both books are opaque, and aren't very logical when it comes to the flow of the explanations. There are lots of equations without explanation. It could use a rewrite.

I have designed race cars for years and I definitely recommend this book. I found information in this book that I have not seen published anywhere else. It explains how tri-y headers work. It explains the theory behind pulse tuning of exhaust and intakes. The intake pulse tuning is the basis of why Porsche created intake manifolds that effectively change between several intake runner lengths. These theories are even backed up by proven test results performed by engineers. There are even simple equations that are directly applicable to designing an intake or exhaust. This book is "old" but then so is the 4-stroke engine and although today's engines may seem "new" they are fundamentally the same as the "old" ones which makes the material in this book very worthwhile. If you want to know more than what intake or exhaust you should *buy* and are possibly thinking about creating your own intake or exhaust system, definitely buy this book. If you are looking for a book like this but even more technical, I suggest the 2 volumes titled "The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice" by Charles Fayette Taylor.

The book is practically useless and intellectually void. You are supposed to be in possesion of a kit of materials that is not described and there is no indication that it can be acquired anywhere. The only thing that results clear is the presumption and feeblemindedness of the authors and the greed of the publisher. The price is ludicrous for such a notebook. The preceding "Editorial review" is untruthful.

This book was designed to be used in conjunction with the intensive introductory hysics courses at MIT and Caltech. At these schools, the kit with all the parts for the lab is supplied by the instructor. Of course, if you are anyone except a student at MIT or Caltech, thi list is unavailable to you and the book will be quite confusing... not that it is any less confusing if you have the parts. While there is a lot to be learned in this small text, there has got to be a less painful way. This one book alone has caused more sleep loss among freshman than anything else I can think of.