Confident, solid shifts are a necessity, especially when you've got supernatural plans for a project vehicle. After the straight-six and two-speed 'glide was pulled and the budget-friendly small-block ...

It's almost a guarantee that when you get an old C10 truck to play with, somewhere on it you will find an "upgrade" that just doesn't suit your plan for the project. One item that is often a point of ...

If you've ever looked at floor-mounted automatic transmission shift levers, with either disdain or genuine gratitude, you've probably noticed that they tend to fall into two main categories: the ones ...

When it comes to hot cars, sounds play a big role. Take the nitro burners, for instance; without the sounds they make, they may as well be just another alcohol dragster. Or where would the Pro/Street ...

Automatic transmissions are now used in most street machines, street rods, off-road vehicles, and drag race cars. With the addition of recalibration kits and new forward and reversed valve bodies, ...

Editors note: In 2009, the Times Herald-Record’s My Ride reporter, Donna Kessler, had the privilege of interviewing Ed Almquist. Here is the story as it appeared in 2009. His inventions include floor ...

As far as a driver is concerned, one new-car manual transmission is pretty much like another. Sure, the transmissions themselves might be different in how they’re oriented in the chassis, and maybe ...

His inventions include floor shifters, the six-electrode Sparkomatic spark plug and the gas-saving device called the Ram-Jet. Over the years he designed and manufactured more than 100 speed and custom ...