How to Tune and Modify Your Camaro, 1982-1998 (Motorbooks Workshop)

Shelby's book may be more specific, but many of the items he recommends are way out of my price range.

Scott's book recommends some low-buck methods of making some really worthwhile improvements, especially to the suspension, brakes and engine. And there are plenty how-to tips that have probably saved me hours of mistakes.

If you can only afford one of these books, then this one will help more because it'll tell you how to save money on your build-up, too. Or you can do what I did: get both. Their both worth reading.

Not Specific Enough
Although this book does have good information on '82-92 Camaros, the performance tips are very general. It lacks in-depth specifics on parts and why some performance items work on these cars.

David Shelby Book Much Better
I have read both books and found that the HP Book, by David Shelby had more detailed information than this one. Shelby gives exact camshaft recomendations with different cylinder head configurations as well as an in-depth look at the ECM programming.

HP's Camaro Performance Handbook Is More Detailed
I found that the HP book titled, "Camaro Performance Handbook" by David Shelby is much more detailed in giving correct information. It is obvious that the author has hands-on experience in building the car. Our car club has talked to him personally. That's his actual car on the cover in which many components were actually tested. I also purchased the "How to Tune" book by Motorbooks and found them both to be very useful.