Engine Rebuilding and Internals

Hey im looking to buy a book or something that will help me learn more about engines and internals and stuff like that. i was thinking about buying the Automotive Engines: Rebuilding book but its like a hundred bucks. do you know if this is a good book or do you have any other ideas for up to date books or websites?? any help would be greatly appreciated

I'm not sure what level you want to gain an understanding of. Have you visited www.howstuffworks.com and some of the links there?

-Rod

An engine overhaul manual will help a lot. Haynes, Chilton, Bentley, HP techbooks. The first three will give you lots of in-depth text with some small grainy black and white photos. The last one will give you overviews in text and huge glossy color photos. Both are valuable since the first shows how to do a stock rebuild. The second shows performance mods, engine specifics, and other things not contained in the shop manual.

Some of the BEST engine building advice I ever read came from HP Books "How to Rebuild your Small Block Ford". It discussed in detail many rebuilding techniques, theory and related mechanical work that applies to ALL engines (especially OHV configurations) regardless of manufacturer.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Nonfiction/Transport/Cars/auction-187362026.htm

Some of the BEST engine building advice I ever read came from HP Books "How to Rebuild your Small Block Ford". It discussed in detail many rebuilding techniques, theory and related mechanical work that applies to ALL engines (especially OHV configurations) regardless of manufacturer.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Nonfiction/Transport/Cars/auction-187362026.htm

Look in book stores for car books by Peterson (sp?). They used to have a lot of "how to hot rod your Chevy, Ford, etc" books and were very reasonably priced.

Bob