Driveline

Axles are one of the unsung heroes of your performance vehicle. They do an incredibly difficult job, but they aren’t something we think about. Rarely, does someone brag or show […]

Proper maintenance is critical to making sure your driveshaft lives a long, happy life under your car or truck. More importantly, in a racing, performance, or off-road driving environment, an […]

In Part 1 of our story on Ford’s AOD-E and 4R70W transmissions, we covered some development history and how to improve some of their shortcomings to make the transmission more […]

Ford’s 4R70W automatic transmission traces its lineage back to the AOD (Automatic Overdrive) four-speed automatic introduced in 1980. Designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce engine wear, the original AOD […]

Planning on installing, swapping, or servicing your vehicle’s automatic transmission? Then you’re going to want to pay close attention to a something called torque converter pullout. Torque converter pullout is […]

I have a really nice 1967 Camaro that my sister bought from the first owner way back in 1979. It’s a California car with a matching-numbers SS350 engine with a […]

I’m new to the car scene and one thing I have always been told is to check the automatic transmission fluid with the engine running, but to check the engine […]

A lot of you are running a B&M automatic transmission shifter in your muscle car, hot rod, or classic truck, which means you probably already know how important proper shifter […]

Unless your automatic transmission car has a vintage Clutch-Flite or Clutch-Turbo, there’s a pretty good chance it will be equipped with a flexplate. The reason for a flexplate is to […]

A little while ago, we showed you a video from Mantic Clutch USA that explained what a hydraulic throwout bearing is. Well, the gang from Mantic Clutch is back, and […]