Since the health of our planet became a major societal focus decades ago, automotive engineers have been on a mission to find a balance between performance and efficiency. In the past, the two ...

Those of you who drive older trucks might wonder about the magic that apparently gives newer rigs the ability to produce such impressive fuel-economy figures. You may know that newer trucks tend to ...

If necessity is the mother of invention, as the clich goes, then perhaps consumer demand is a favorite aunt. That was certainly the case with Jamie Passon of Passon Performance in Sugarloaf, ...

Ford's "RUG" top loader 4-speed has been around in one form or another since 1964. Up until its first phase out in 1973, it was built as a "conventional" transmission with 1:1 final drive ratio. In ...

Performing an AOD swap in a classic Mustang is easy today thanks to the automotive aftermarket. These companies have done the homework already. All you have to do is tell them what you have and what ...

Automatic transmission cars have the Overdrive (O/D) function which allows a driver to drive faster on the road. The o/d is the highest gear in an automatic transmission. The overdrive function ...