Driveline

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 […]

This one isn’t a sexy swap. In fact, you might say it’s pretty mundane when looking through the list of mods for Mustangs. However, it’s also routinely rated as one […]