Transmission Tech Explained
How Gearstar Builds Performance Transmissions
An order comes in, it gets a tag number, and then it becomes one person's responsibility until it is crated. Not a station on a line. One builder, from...
Automatic for the People
For the longest time, if you ran a Ford small-block or Windsor engine and wanted to run an automatic, your transmission of choice would likely be a C4....
Into Overdrive - September 2009
You probably thought I'd forgotten all about the project '49 Chevy huh? Unfortunately a combination of work schedules, the start of the show season and...
Switching Gears
Transmissions are pretty much the most ignored component on a vehicle in terms of maintenance. People take transmissions for granted: and don’t think the slightest...
Big Block Overdrive
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
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...