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.
TRANSFORMED: BUILDING AN AUTOMATIC FOR THE LONG HAUL
Since 1996, STREET RODDER magazine has built a new car every year and then turned Jerry Dixey loose on an unsuspecting nation to travel the highways and...
She Really is Fine
For 15 years STREET RODDER has proven you can take any street rod and apply manufactured products from within our industry and build a viable hot rod....
Raunchy Redo
We don’t know what it takes to drive from California to Alaska in December behind the wheel of a ’68 Ford Ranchero. If you read the story about our...
Gear Up….to a Gearstar Overdrive Transmission
By: John Shapiro What keeps people from enjoying their car on long distance drives? It’s no doubt the gas mileage generated from that old tired 3 speed...
Picking an Overdrive Automatic......And The Gearing To Go With It
Over the years, the trucks have certainly become more sophisticated. Take transmissions for example. At one time the only choices were “three-on-the-tree”...
How It Works
Just like a quick stroll through the cruise night parking lot will confirm the dominance of GM overdrive automatics on the street, walking down the...