If you're a real American, you'll buy this book.

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Seriously, if you're a real American you'll buy this book. Or at least if you're a treal tuner you'll buy this book. For the price you're getting a GOLD MINE.

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitl ... 71427.html



And no, this is not a joke.


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Jesda
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Wow, the ultimate FAQ

Sircnay
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This book will render messageboards useless.

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not so sure about that.

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It would definatly kill 240 gen.

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Not sure how I feel about that book...might it actually make morons able to be a little faster? Cuz that might suck.... And God knows we don't need anymore relatively stock Hondas beating up on Bart at the AutoX.

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I'm surprised it doesn't have a honda on the cover. I guess its a way for people, who don't know anything, to help mod their cars. I guess we need more riced out cars, or else their wouldn't be anything to make fun of or laugh at daily.

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Hm, interesting. How could you generalize all cars into one little book like that? "Here's how to add a larger spoiler", "here's how to lift the back of your hood up to let out more heat"

I'm sure it'll be real quality, maybe I'll go pick one up for myself.

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Uhh... this guy is one of the most prominent people on MR2OC. In the opening cover it'll give you a rundown of all the top standalone fuel management units.

This isn't a ricer book. This is a tuning bible. Ricers won't even understand concepts of this thing.

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think its available at the local Borders? they have chiltons and other tuner mags. prob this too?

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must... buy... book...more... stripes...actually i think i'll buy that book for fun :-)

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After reading the description for the book, it still seems pretty generic to me. Have your braking power match your horsepower? Gee, sounds like a no-brainer to most tuners (not ricers). And i wouldn't worry about ricers picking this book up, if they could read anything higher than the immature pages of Super Street they probably wouldn't have riced out their cars in the first place.


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What does being an American have to do with a book purchase? I'm confused

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I need 50 cc's of Humor/Sarcasm Detection, stat!

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if you were a real american you'd download it off the internet or find some other way not to pay for it

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Nice find. That sounds like something I would write. I could probably put together a book containing all of the alternative/cheap methods for doing things that I know.

Is that a real book? If so, check out Barnes and Nobles or Borders.

You don't have to buy it, just read it while there.

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240DRFT wrote:if you were a real american you'd download it off the internet or find some other way not to pay for it
Well said. I'm looking for it now.

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I know David on the Board. He's a really upstanding guy. This book is very very indepth about everything. I say buy it, it's worth the $22.

All the copies at my Borders was out. It is out. Go and buy it.

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I like the color of the car on the cover of that book.

Is that a bright Lexus 430 Red?

How do you think it would look on a 92 Q45?

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It'd be sexy hot, and I'd have to have sex with your car.

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as long as you clean up when you're done

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Wow.... hey do you have a daughter

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LOL

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No, but if I had one, I'd let you do what you wanted. As long as you didn't get her pregnant or anything .

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Well Im sure that she wouldnt mind me either. Im sure of it. After all I am black. I have ways to ummmmm....pursuade her.

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hey...i'm an mr2oc member...any contributions from bill strong?

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Chingon wrote:hey...i'm an mr2oc member...any contributions from bill strong?
I don't think so. If anything I'm sure Bilwot had some contributions.

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I work for Borders.

You can definately order this book if it's not already in stock, because it is a regular BINC ST item.

order by ISBN# 0-7645-7142-7or order by BINC# 7525559 price is $21.99

if you dont know what i'm talking about, the booksellers will.

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Does it have a guide to where you put stickers on your car for best horsepower gain?

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I've found that putting them on the windsheild helps to decrease wind resistance. Also, putting them on your wing gives you major power.


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