A Little About Bob
Further information about Bob Szabo's career can be found here.
I am both an author of technical books and a drag racer with a blown alcohol funny car or altered.
While the Racing Pros do public relations work for their sponsors, I research technical information and write books. I wrote "Fuel Injection Racing Secrets" in a down-to-earth style for both grass roots racers and spectators.
My writings are about hands-on experiences. I assemble all of my own engines & transmissions. I do my own race vehicle body work, paint, mechanical, and electrical.
I maintain a detailed data base of successful fuel injection and clutch setups. Fuel injection information for this publication is from that personal racing experience, run data, as well as a lot of information from several fuel injection manufacturers.
My writings also include optimum fuel injection practices provided by fuel injection suppliers. My writings are all about what to do and what to avoid.
I am a fuel injection assembler and tuner with a camera, pen, and keyboard in my tool box.
Motor sports experience:
drag racing:
- -California Injected Funny Car racing (7.5 sec. quarter mile ET bracket)
- -Nostalgia Eliminator One (7.6 sec. quarter mile ET bracket)
- -Summit Series and other bracket racing (7.5 sec. to 9.99 quarter mile ET bracket)
- -Top Eliminator West (6.3 sec. quarter mile ET bracket)
- -Super Eliminator (7.9 sec. quarter mile ET bracket)
- -match racing
- -extensive testing
sports car: slalom
circle boat racing: tunnel hull Outboard Performance Craft (rookie of the year)
Studies: Fuel injection (mechanical & electronic), various forms for supercharging, race engine fluid dynamics, tire traction, suspension geometry design, and race car aerodynamics.
Other previous technical projects:
- -onboard data acquisition system for race cars; built 3 years before any commercial unit was available
- -adaptive traction control and braking method
- -turbocharged Boss 302 Sunbeam Tiger
- -modified Chrysler / Weslake D-5 cylinder heads with custom sheet metal manifold for Roots blower
A couple of the motor sports celebrities and their achievements that I admire:
- Mickey Thompson's drag and Bonneville racing with Pontiacs and Fords
- Smokey Yunick's hot air engine.
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