how to learn engine building???

[white 2g awd]

allright, so i just got my ged....i don't want to hear it about not finishing high school, but anyways i'm looking at maybe taking classes here a dmacc and trying to build my cw'ed engine in my dsm, problem is i don't think they really focus on engine building, especially performance building....i don't know yet, i have to contact them on thursday to talk to a counselor about it, but i'm wondering how some of you guys learned to do your engine swaps, and build the engines, i know alot of you taught your self, and just did it, but i don't really want to cost a $1000 mistake if i do something wrong with the engine. any advice???

[AJ]

allright, so i just got my ged....


I call bull shit!


Put some GED skills behind that typing! Or get your money back from the GED.

[white 2g awd]

well, you know, i don't really care how my punctuantion is when i'm casually typing on here, i know the rules of most forums on it, but i don't think it has to go this far. So asking for help, and seeing as how its going so far from a admin you can go ahead an delete this thread then. since all i'm going to get is shit on. thanks for the help.

[AJ]

Well, you used the shift key once. I guess my dream came true.

[JET]

Show us some respect by typing a decent question, and we will show you some respect with a decent answer. Deal?

[white 2g awd]

Show us some respect by typing a decent question, and we will show you some respect with a decent answer. Deal?
Thank you, I appreciate that. Well, how about this then. How did majority of you on here that know how to build engines learn? Did you read books on it? Did you take classes for it? Did you just learn it by yourself? How about this Dsmstyle, are you happy now? Is this ok with you now? Thank you for your time in this matter. How about that Dsmstyle?

[TheBlizzard]

Thank you, I appreciate that. Well, how about this then. How did majority of you on here that know how to build engines learn? Did you read books on it? Did you take classes for it? Did you just learn it by yourself? How about this Dsmstyle, are you happy now? Is this ok with you now? Thank you for your time in this matter. How about that Dsmstyle?
You better not be being a smartass kid or you will find your stay here a short one. Ask a educated question and you will get a educated answer, and this means typing so we can read what the hell you mean without getting a fucking headache.

[JET]

Most of us learned by doing. Some watched someone else do one, or had someone else to ask questions to. I did mine pretty much on my own, but asked Mike some questions. I doubt Mike is going to give out a bunch of advice to someone that isn't a previous customer or a friend though.

[Enes]

Ok comon guys, lighten up, what crawled up your buts lately, give a guy a break. He is just excited that he rebuilt a bridge in his life that was destroyed a while ago. Help him cross it but don't put spike strips down in front of him ;p .

Like Jet said, most people learn by doing it and watching other people do it. There are some good books out there to learn basics. But as with everything in this world, there are different ways for different manufacturers and for different applications. You will not find all inclusive book for engine building, your best bet is to talk to the gearheads, listen and absorb without asking too many questions. (some people are easily anoyed)

Good luck in your adventure, it will be a costly one!

-E

[Raptor]

Your probably not going to like this answer, but it is the truth, accept it or not. The only real way to learn this stuff is by doing, preferrably with some guidance from someone with experience. You can pick a lot of it up over the net reading and in books etc, but the fact is, most people don't comprehend exactly how it should be done from reading. I started building bike engines 25 years ago with friends in my garage. I got lucky enough somehow and they ran fine, after that, I spent a lot of time watching and reading for the first few v8's. Since then it has been 20 years of digging info out of every one decent with a wrench, reading every possible bit of info on it and sharing info with fellow engine builders. If you seriously want to learn, it would be worth paying someone with experience to go through yours with you. Or at least see if you can watch them build one. The education will be worth every penny. Ask lots of questions and take notes.

Last comment. As mentioned above, give respect to get it. If you want people to care about your requests for info etc, show enough respect to care about their requests to simply follow their rules. You care about what your asking, Allan cares that his site doesn't look like most of the other annoying car sites out there.