Builds, Features & Press
Inside Our Level 4 6L80E: As Featured in All Chevy Performance
The November 2026 issue of All Chevy Performance takes readers inside our shop to follow a Level 4 6L80E from bare case to finished transmission. Writer...
Is the Chevy 4L60E Transmission Good for Performance Builds?
Let’s discuss the Chevy 4L60E transmission for high-performance applications and explore its factory limits and reputation. We cover essential upgrades...
Picking the Right Automatic Transmission for Your Street Rod
There was a time when automatic transmission had all kinds of unique names- Cruise-O-Matic, Hydra-Matic, Ultramatic, and the list goes on. But while he...
Rod Shop: Top Gear
We have a Gearstar transmission in the Project ’49 Chevy and for good reason. All Gearstar trannies are assembled one at a time by a single technician,...
Quality, Not Quota
Building high-performance transmissions is not a job for Zack Farah, it’s a way of life. The owner of Gearstar Performance Transmissions quite literally...
Hot Rod Hauler
At the outset of our Hot Rod Hauler project, one of our major goals was to increase fuel economy while maintaining the towing capacity of our ’73 Ford...
Should’ve had a V-8
Let me start this story by coming clean and letting you know we didn’t finish the job. With that out of the way, let me explain what we were attempting...