W hile we all love a good dose of horsepower, transmissions are the unsung heroes of the automotive world. Without them, ...

Using our normal bull-in-a-china-shop approach, we were able to get the wrong transmission behind an engine that it wasn’t designed for. Of course, we didn’t know that at the time, and built the ...

Mountains of Northern Mexico: "Service Engine Soon," said the dash warning light. Oil pressure seemed OK, as did engine temperature and alternator output. Check under the hood: Fluids, hoses, ...

One of the most common components in today's classic trucks is an overdrive automatic transmission, and one of the most popular of the breed is the General Motors 700-R4. Although the 700-R4 is a good ...

In the BeginningThe 700-R4 was first introduced in the '82 Corvette. On paper, its specs looked pretty good: The trans had lower First and Second gears (3.06 and 1.63, respectively) than other ...