Nick, I'm honored that you would spend 6 hrs lookin' at my posts. As far as a list of books, I've read and learned from hundreds of books over the years, far too many to list here. For links, I've reposited quite a selection on another forum. Go here and click Tech Topics and Drag Race.....
http://www.streetmachinesoftablerock.com/
I'm "techie"on there.