Lots of dirt track racing classes don't have a requirement in the rule book that an "OEM style" transmission must be used. This means instead of dragging an old Saginaw out of the junkyard or ...

We visited Gearstar Performance Transmissions to see what’s involved with building some of the industry’s best automatic transmissions. It was more than 25 years ago that Gearstar founder Zack Farah ...

The differences between the 700R4 and 4L60E transmissions come from their design and used dates. The 700R4 was used earlier and is mechanically controlled.

You're at a car show and you spot a gnarly looking '69 Mustang with a 14-71 blower sticking out of the hood and rear tires so wide they look like a steamroller drum. It has serious mojo and a stance ...

When we talk about 1,000-plus horsepower engines outside of topics like Ford's CEO wanting to build a 1,000 horsepower beast to win Dakar, we discuss power, torque outputs, engine size, and technology ...

The other day two mysterious black cases were delivered to our office. When we saw them we were a little reluctant to open them for fear of having a SWAT Team knocking on our door. You couldn't ...

The AODE transmission has come stock in Ford Mustangs since 1994, and it is now called the 4R70 or 4R70W. The "W" stands for wide, as in wide gear pattern. These transmissions have the desirable ...

One of the best manual transmissions ever put on the market was the gated six-speed in the first-generation Audi R8. That silken, row-your-own warrior departed to the afterlife with the introduction ...