Campbell C. The Sports Car. Its design and performance

4th edition. — Chapman and Hall, London, 1978. — 306 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4613-3386-9, e-ISBN13: 978-1-4613-3384-5.OverviewColin Campbell offers a thorough and systematic examination of some of the finest achievements in sports car design through the late seventies. His technical survey spans engine and valve train designs, tire and suspension considerations, chassis construction, brakes, and standards of performance. Of particular value and interest-especially to design engineers working on new car projects-is the section containing detailed design studies on outstanding production sports cars from four manufacturers: Jaguar, Lotus, Mercedes and Porsche. By pointing out design features that are of particular merit with regard to overall performance, this book should also prove highly useful to readers who are choosing and preparing a car for Showroom Stock racing, or who are designing their own sports cars.The Development of the Sports CarMotor sport
The sports car
The history of the sports car
The first sports car
The fabulous years
Historic sports cars
The future of the sports carThe Engine: CombustionCylinder head history
Combustion chamber research
Volumetric efficiency
Knock
Limiting compression ratio
Types of combustion chamberThe Engine: Induction and ExhaustThe induction system
The 4-cylinder in-line engine
The 6-cylinder in-line engine
The V-8 engine
Ramming induction pipes
Ramming pipe theory
Forward-ram intakes
Cold-air intakes
The exhaust system
The silencer
Ramming exhaust pipes
Branched exhaust pipesThe Engine: Valve GearPush-rod valve operation
Double overhead valve operation
Single overhead camshaft head
The four-valve head
Desmodromic operationThe Engine: Fuel MeteringThe carburettor
The S.U. principle
The H.I.F. model
Fuel injection
Lucas electronic fuel injection
Bosch K-Jetronic mechanical systemThe Engine: Miscellaneous ComponentsThe crankcase
The crankshaft
Crankshaft bearings: bearing pressures: bearing materials
General lubrication
Pistons
Cooling: air cooling: water cooling
The ignition system: sparking plugs: the conventional coil ignition: new ignition developmentsRoad-HoldingTyres: the grip on the road: the tyre footprint
Cornering power
Tyre construction
Aquaplaning
Cornering behaviour: oversteer and understeer: rear wheel drive: front wheel drive: braking
The mid-engined sports car
Factors leading to understeerThe SuspensionSprings
Pitching
Independent suspension
Shimmy and tramp
Representative designs: Jaguar, Porsche, Datsun, Aston Martin
The suspension damper: double-tube damper: single tube damperThe Chassis, Frame and BodyMaterials
Torsional stiffness
The tubular frame
Unitary body-chassis construction
The backbone chassis
The shape of the body: drag coefficients, lift at high speed, the air dam, directional stability at high speedThe TransmissionTorque multiplication
The gear ratios
The overdrive
Synchromesh
The automatic transmission
The clutch
The final drive
Universal joints
The limited slip differentialThe BrakesThe grip on the road
Braking forces
Weight transference under braking
Brake fade
Disc brakes: disc brakes for the high-speed sports car, pad materialsPerformanceStandards of performance
The meaning of power
Acceleration: acceleration times for 0–60 m.p.h., the concept of effective mass
Maximum speedThe Sports Car in the FutureThe Engine: promising alternatives, the gas turbine, rotating combustion engines, the Diesel engine, the Stirling engine, the steam engine
Petrol engine developments: stratified charge: turbocharging: air fuel ratio control
The transmission
Tyres and suspension: no-roll suspension
Braking
The long-life carDesign StudiesThe Jaguar
The Lotus
The Mercedes
The Porsche