LOL, Gotta remember those type books are written for dummies that don't know **** so they have to read a book about it. Some of the books have useful information. Black and Decker house wiring for example. I read that whole book and wired my house to code and correctly! Not so much with this one though. In truth I have built engines my whole life. I may not know all the little speed secrets with some of it but I'll bet ya I can build a pretty damn solid engine.......(if I can keep my 340 block from splitting this time!!!! haha)