Philip Hubert Smith

Philip Hubert Smith (10 April 1906^[1] – 1 November 1969)^[2] was a British automotive engineer, author and motoring journalist.

Born in Keighley, Bradford, Smith began his career began as an automotive engineer, his qualifications including being a chartered engineer and memberships of both the IMechE and the SAE. He was also the technical editor of . It is for his technical books that he is best remembered, particularly The High-Speed Two-Stroke Petrol Engine, The Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems and (edited by L. J. K. Setright) Valve Mechanisms for High-speed Engines.

In later years he lived at Ben Rhydding, in Yorkshire. He died in Wharfedale, Yorkshire in 1969.^[3]

Published books[]

• Smith, Philip Hubert (1963). The Greatest of all Trials. George Stevens.
• —. The Sports Car Engine. Foulis.
• —. Speed from the Sports Car. Foulis.
• —. Tuning and Maintenance of MGs. Foulis.
• — (1965). The High-Speed Two-Stroke Petrol Engine. Foulis. ISBN 085429-049-4.
• — (1968). Tuning for Speed and Tuning for Economy. Foulis.
• —. MGA and Magnette Tuning and Maintenance. Foulis.
• —. The Ford 10 Competition Engine. Foulis.
• —. Car Performance and the Choice of Conversion Equipment. Foulis.

• —. Ford Autobook One. Foulis.
• —. Imp Autobook One. Foulis.
• —. BMC Autobook One. Foulis.
• —. Triumph Autobook Two. Foulis.
• — (1971). The Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems. Bentley. ISBN 0837603099.
• — (1971). L. J. K. Setright (ed.). Valve mechanisms for high-speed engines: their design and development (2nd ed.). R. Bentley. ISBN 0-8376-0019-7.
• — (1977). Wenner, David N. (ed.). The Design and Tuning of Competition Engines (6th ed.). Bentley. ISBN 0837601401.

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