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.
Trans Fusion
Hints on installing an automatic Like many street rods, our AMSOIL/STREET RODDER Road Tour '09 Chevy is equipped with an automatic transmission. But...
Ramrodder: Part 3
When we decided to build a street gasser there were only a few things we knew for sure: The car would have a straight axle, a blown Hemi, and fenderwell...
Big-Block Party Part 3: Prepping our ’69 for the Installation of a Modern, EFI Big-Block
In our first installment, we took you through the process of removing our old, tired, and not terribly exciting small-block. We also showed you how we...
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...