From 4L80E and Allison six-speeds to the 10R80 and Gear Vendors, these overdrive transmissions reshaped street performance, ...

The last nail in the coffin was technological advancement.

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 ...

Why is the Gear Vendors overdrive so popular on HOT ROD Drag Week? Racers know it will live behind 4,000 hp, can be installed in a weekend, and doesn't share fluid with your transmission so it won't ...

Dear Tom and Ray: After driving for 40 years and never having blown an engine or transmission, my husband blew up on a recent road trip (in which I was driving), because after two hours, he noticed ...

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 ...

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For years, kids played with electric slot cars that simply went one direction when the trigger was pulled. Tracks had to be pieced together very specifically and did only one thing: go forward. These ...

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 ...

The coolest connected toys of 2015 are back for round two this fall. Sphero has just rolled out (sorry) the similar BB-9E and the even grander R2-D2 (follow-ups to its delightful app-controlled BB-8), ...