American Horsepower: 100 Years of Great Car Engines

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Product Description: At the heart of every great car, there lies a great engine. The high-performance muscle car; the high-mileage family car; the high-speed race car: no matter the vintage or voltage, the torque or the task, the car with the power to move Americans—and the world—boasts an engine of remarkable ingenuity, dependability, and power. American Horsepower: 100 Years of Great Car Engines pays tribute to 25 outstanding American-made engines valued for their raw horsepower or their design simplicity, their longevity or their design innovation—or, in rare instances, all of the above. Bringing an auto enthusiast’s touch to the subject, author and photographer Mike Mueller details each engine’s conception, creators, specifications, performance records, and more. His knowledgeable, accessible text, accompanied by historical images, crisp detail shots, and studio-quality photographs, conveys with precision and unfailing interest the driving power of the great American engine.  

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I want a Sequel
Reviewer: Richard T. Hupp (HOWELL, MI United States), Date of review: December 31, 2008
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
This is a great book with good color pictures, and in depth description of each engine. I agree with the previous reviewer the Duesenberg J&SJ engines and the Marmon V16 deserve to be in there too, along with many great other engines. I only hope the author is considering a sequel, as there are more than enough engines that deserve coverage.
American Horsepower
Reviewer: James D. Crank (Redwood City, California United States), Date of review: January 17, 2008
Avg. Customer Rating: 3 Stars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

While a good book in general, there are serious omissions that should have been caught by the editor.
While the Model A and X Duesenbergs were well described, the much more dramatic J and SJ have no photos of these engines. Why? If there ever was a spectacular American engine these were certainly it.
Photos are all over the place for both of them and easily obtained, from the ACD Museum for one source.

Leaving out the Marmon V-16 is a bad omission.

Poor decisions by either the author or the editor.