Ryan Steele

Transmission Specialist

Ryan Steele is a transmission specialist at Gearstar Performance Transmissions in Akron, Ohio. He works with customers on spec'ing GM, Ford and Mopar automatics to their combination, and writes the install instructions, build-level breakdowns and troubleshooting guides on this blog.

Big Block Overdrive

Big Block Overdrive

Ryan Steele 3 minute read

Overdrive transmissions swaps make great upgrades for classic muscle cars, but since most were not intended to harness the power of a torquey big-block, they...

Shifting priorities

Ryan Steele 11 minute read

By Ron Ceridono How times have changed—when most of the vintage trucks we know and love were new they were likely equipped with “three on the tree” or...

Hitting the Sweet Spot

Ryan Steele 13 minute read

We’ve all read car features in magazines and noted the major components used in each one’s construction, but how many builders actually build to a plan and...

Street Rodder

Ryan Steele 2 minute read

Gear Star has been remanufacturing performance automatic transmissions since 1984, but what separates the company from the rest is the fact that every one...

Simple C-10 Solutions

Ryan Steele 2 minute read

Why is it always the little things? They seem to be able to make or break just about anything in life, from trucks, taxes, to the opposite sex, but let’s...

Shift Into The Darkside

Ryan Steele 1 minute read

It’s no coincidence that Lokar Performance Products’ components can be found in a majority of today’s street rods, and they keep the new products coming....