Modifying Suzuki 4x4 for Serious Offroad Action (SpeedPro)

As a Grand Vitara owner I felt more than slightly robbed - the cover of this book says and I quote "Covers LJ, SJ, Samurai, Vitara, Grand Vitara & Jimny", the Grand Vitara is mentioned only in passing as a potential source for upgrade parts, and even then incorrectly - there was never a 2.0 litre V6 engined Grand Vitara - the 2.0 litre V6 was used only in the SV620 V6 Vitara which was a predecessor to the Grand Vitara.I was also disappointed with the constant references to Calmini Manufacturing, the book stops just short of being a Calmini catalog.This is one book, that had I picked it up in a brick & mortar store I would have left there, a 30 second flip through would have been all it took to tell me it wasn't worth even the Kindle price.

Some good information mostly British influences that's why only 3 stars

Very good

Not very detailed, just to know what is possible, better to read in color, pics are not easy to read in paperwhite

BIG disappointment. The content is mostly centred around the SJ and Santana models which dates the book badly. Brief mention is given to the Jimny but seems that the prices of the model at the time of writing put it out of the range of the 'cheapo' 4x4 enthusiast, which brings me to a point - that is where this book seems to be aimed at. Now, moving onward, it claims to be suited to beginners and experienced alike. The only problem is, you would need to be a seasoned mechanic to understand the terminology in some places - even though the text is supposed to be explaining things for the beginner. Whoever proof-read the original either; was a competent mechanic or; did not understand the text to the point that they accepted what was written without consideration to whether it was understandable to a true beginner. In the end, more current and useful information could have been found with a few Google searches and visits to specialist forums. Certainly not worth the cover price.

Excellent book. Lots of great information and bits and pieces.

Well written very happy