Built to Hold

Build guides, transmission tech, and install notes from the Gearstar shop floor. Every unit we ship is assembled by one builder, matched to your combo, and dyno-tested before it goes out the door. This is where we show the work: what holds, what grenades, and how to spec it right the first time.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered: BluePrint Gets a New Lease on Life

Ryan Steele 10 minute read

Our Project BluePrint Chevelle has made it through its final series of modifications, upgrades and tests and we couldn’t be happier. Not only did we...

Building an Overdrive Automatic the Gearstar Way

Ryan Steele 16 minute read

How times have changed. When our Chevy was new there were two choices when it came to transmissions: a three-speed manual or a two-speed Powerglide...

Transfixed

Ryan Steele 8 minute read

Substituting computer for cable One of the most common components in a contemporary street rod is an overdrive automatic transmission, and one of the most popular...

Street Rodder Road Tour Lunch Stop – Gearstar Transmissions

Ryan Steele 2 minute read

It’s always nice to see the West Coast in our neck of the woods and thanks to Youngstown native, Jerry Dixey and the Street Rodder Magazine Road Tour,...

Power to the Ground

Ryan Steele 4 minute read

1. Before the new transmission was slid between the ‘rails, Tim installed a TCI SFI-approved flexplate onto the snout of the crank using factory 14mm...

Hot Rods Raid a Hybrid World

Ryan Steele 18 minute read

700 HP (OR THEREABOUTS) The world needs another LS-powered early Camaro? it really doesn’t, but it seems no in the performance industry got the memo, cuz...