Jim G's e-book "The SSR Experience"

[JimGnitecki]

For those who do not yet know it, last year I completed an e-book called "The SSR Experience". The book is a complete guide to choosing, buying, living with, and modifying an SSR. It runs 320 pages of strong, no fluff content. The book is beautifully illustrated with 113 very high quality digital photos, plus 21 graphs, charts, dyno curves, and G-Tech screen shots - most of them also in full color. All dyno curves and G-Tech screen shots are fully explained. This book is THE (and ONLY!) definitive guide to selecting, owning, and modifying an SSR.

It has been "published" as an e-book in order to both make it financially feasible and to get it into everyone's hands as soon as possible. It is sent out in Adobe Acrobat format, so that virtually anyone's computer can open it. Most computers have Acrobat already, but for those that do not, Adobe Acrobat Reader software is available FREE from Adobe, and instructions on where to get it are included with your e-copy of the book.

The Table of Contents is:

Introduction
Chapter 1: What In The World IS the SSR Supposed To Be?
Chapter 2: Important Aspects in How The SSR Was Engineered for Production
Chapter 3: Reasons to Buy an SSR
Chapter 4: Reasons to NOT to Buy an SSR
Chapter 5: Which Model Year? 03/04 or 05/06?
Chapter 6: Differences & Similarities Between 03/04s and the 05/06s
Chapter 7: What to Look for When Buying Either New or Used
Chapter 8: The Special Situation of Trading an 03/04 on an 05/06 Model
Chapter 9: Understanding, & Living With, The Quirks
Chapter 10: Working As a Team With GM & Your Chevrolet Dealership
Chapter 11: Keep it Stock, or Modify It?
Chapter 12: The Range of Potential Modifications, & Their Practicality, REAL Effectiveness, & Rough Costs
Chapter 13: Working As a Team With Your Speed Shop & Custom Tuner
Chapter 14: Simple & (Usually) Reversible Modifications
Chapter 15: Moderate and Practically Non-reversible Modifications
Chapter 16: Major Modifications
Chapter 17: Understanding the SSR's Onboard Computer & Its Agenda
Chapter 18: Dyno Data
Chapter 19: Actual Street Performance Data
Chapter 20: The importance of Staying Connected With Other SSR Owners

Cost is $30. You can buy one of 2 ways:

1. Go to PayPal.com, select "send money", and send $30 to my PayPal account:
JimGnitecki@msn.com

Be sure to use the notes field to include the email address to which you want the e-book sent!

or

2. Send a $30 check by mail to:
James Gnitecki
724 County Road 407
Spicewood, TX 78669

Again, be sure to include the email address to which you want the e-book sent!

I continue to provide lots of free information in my postings on the board, but the book allowed me to provide WAY more information and detail on each subject, in a well organized manner, that builds towards logical conclusions. It also allows you to get detailed answers right away without waiting for a relevant post.

For those who like to preview a book, send me an email and I'll send you a free 30 page sampling of the content that will give you a taste for both the tone and the level of detail.

Jim G
JimGnitecki@msn.com
Tel. 612-270-7645

[tonym]

Hi JimG,

I just ordered an ebook from you. I'm exporting a 2005 ssr to the UK. I'm not the first - but you should also work on an ebook for say the UK.

'Working with the GM dealer' - you have got to be kidding... in the UK those guys figure out how to get to work by 5:30, then it's time to go home

Thanks for writing such an ebook - you would be amased at how useful this will be in helping me to keep it on the road one way or another.

tonym

[JimGnitecki]

tonym: I would love to add items and issues specific to the UK, but would need a "deep immersion" experience in UK acquisition, import, servicing, warranty, and regulatory issues!

Are you offering to have me as a house guest for, say, two weeks, with multiple get-togethers with other UK Fanatics, so I can get that on-site immersion?

p.s. One way of addressing getting GOOD service is to help a competent centrally located private hi performance shop get started as an "SSR specialist". This requires some organization by a committed group of owners to make it viable for a shop.

Jim G

[shintajay]

Jim,

I've read through your book at least 5 times since ordering. Great info. With all the changes you've made to your SSR and the changes in the SSR world since are you planning another writing in the future.

[JimGnitecki]

I've been toying with the idea of a second book, much more focused on performance mods, dyno testing, and the ideas behind them, but it's just at the "thinking" stage.

Any book is a LOT of time and effort. Hundreds, sometimes thousands of hours.

Jim G