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.
A High-Performance Trans for Supercharged V-8s
By Harley Camilleri Photography by Maxwell Matthewson, Patrick Mccarthy and Dan Ward It hasn’t been an easy life for our in-house project, Blue Bomber,...
Practicing What We Preach
Our Crusher Camaro Heats Up With a Gearstar 4L85E, an Aeromotive Fuel System, and Other Tune-Ups in Preparation for Adventure. When we last left the...
Signed, Sealed and Delivered: BluePrint Gets a New Lease on Life
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
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...
Amsoil / Street Rodder Road Tour 2010
The Cotati Speed Shop goes to workWhen the Intercity truck showed up at Cotati Speed Shop, the Shadow Rods XL27 Road Tour car was well on its ways, but...
Transfixed
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...