By PJGD
Here is a recommended list of books about historical engine design efforts. These are on my bookshelf. It is not an exhaustive list - just those I own and have read. If you have others, reply to this FAQ and I’ll update the list:
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Some Unusual Engines; Setright, LJK; MEP; 1975
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Valve Mechanism’s for High Speed Engines; Smith, Philip H; GT Foulis; 1967.
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The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine; Ricardo, HR; Blackie; 1968.
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The Classic Twin-cam Engine; Borgesson,G; Dalton Watson Ltd; 1981.
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The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practise; Taylor,CF; MIT Press; 1985.
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Climax in Coventry; Hassan, Walter; Motor Racing Publications; 1975 (Essentially this is a biography of Walter Hassan, but tells the story of how Coventry Climax got into building racing engines, and also the genesis of the Jaguar V12 engine).
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Cosworth: The search for Power; Robson, G.; Patrick Stephens; 1990 (An in-depth story of Cosworth)
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The Designers; Great Automobiles and the Men who Made Them; Setright, LJK; Follett Publishing; 1975 (As it happens, I like Setright’s style!).
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The Development of Piston Aero Engines; Gunston, W.; Patrick Stephens; 1993.
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Kerr Wilson, “Practical Solutions to Torsional Vibration”, Chapman & Hall, 3rd Edition. 1963
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“Georges Roesch and the Invincible Talbot” by Blight, Anthony; Grenville Publishing Co Ltd.; 1970.