Читать книгу Chevy Big Blocks - David Vizard - Страница 5

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My thanks go to the following for their valuable help toward producing this book:

Craig Schenasi of Scat enterprises, Dick Maskin and Tony McAfee at Dart, Tony Mammo and Rick Sperling at AFR, John Verburg and Zeke Urrutia at Ferrea, Norris Marshal and Drew Freese at Blueprint Engines, Mike Green at Pro-Filer Performance, Smitty Smith and Eric Blakely at Edelbrock, Chad Speier of Speier Racing Heads, Dave Fussner at Wiseco Pistons, Scooter Brothers, Billy Godbold and Trent Goodwin of Comp Cams. My longtime friend Chase Knight at Crane Cams. My friend of 43 years, the late Harvey Crane. Mike McClelland late of Professional Products, Bryce Cegielski at Professional Products, Zac Collins from Scorpion Performance, Kevin McClelland of K&N, Matt Hartford, Keith Jones and Kevin Studebaker of Total Seal, Jack McInnis at EPW and Erson Cams, Jerid Suchy at PRW, Mike Jones of Jones Ams, Mike Downs at TFS, Scott Clark (my freelance fuel injection programmer), Paul Yaw of Injector Dynamics, Bill Tichenor and Blane Burnett of Holley, Jeff Harris of AED, Mike Laws of BLP, Mark Dalquist of Throttle’s Performance, Jim Wright of Motorhead Engines, Clint Gray of TFX, Randy Lucius of the University of Northwestern Ohio, Chris Osborn of PAC Springs, JC Beattie Jr. at ATI, Chris Quellette at BHJ, Eric Haugland of Engine Quest, Manny Grijalva and Silver Gomez of MSD, Steve Davis of Performance Distributors, Dan Jesel and Dave Grob at Jesel, and Nick Filippides of American Racing Headers who carried the day for the exhaust chapter. Last, my editor at CarTech Books, Paul Johnson, whose thoughtful coaching is always such a help toward reaching the final goal.

There may be more who should be on this list. If I missed you, I apologize; you also get my thanks and apologies.

Prime Movers

Any book that receives as much effort as this one received is usually brought about by a few individuals who act as “prime movers.” Although everyone in the preceding list played a role, there are those who gave plentiful and generous assistance. If that assistance had not been given, this book would not have come into existence. First on this short list is Dusty Kennett, whose inspiration and assistance has been invaluable. Although more in the background now, he continues to inspire and physically help make things happen.

David McCoig has been instrumental and his face is seen throughout this book. David builds his engines in my shop and helps out with the photography and whatever else I have needed with my work for the past five years.

Then there is Tom Lieb. Tom has been in my life for more than four decades. Every time I have a major project he is there to support my efforts. Without Tom’s support, at least half of the thousands of hours of research dyno testing I have done simply would not have happened.

Jack Sain, chief engine builder at Terry Walters Precision Engines (TWPE), has come to my rescue many times by helping out with a build or machining that had to be done before an ensuing copy deadline. He has also allowed me, to a great extent, to draw on his comprehensive engine building knowledge acquired over some 35 years.

Finally, there is Terry Walters. Terry has an insatiable desire for knowledge concerning performance engines. In that respect, I suppose we make a great match. Being a workaholic and probably obsessed with what I do, I have a tendency to try to impose what I want to do on those around me. For most race-oriented people, it’s okay for a while, but it becomes wearing after a couple of years. On the other hand, Terry has stuck with it through the production of a Holley book and two big-block Chevy books without so much as a flinch. Here we are after five years and he is still going strong. I can say without a shadow of doubt that without the strength of purpose he has displayed you would not be reading this book. Thanks Terry. I much appreciate all you do.