Before the first hot rods were regularly fitted with automatic transmissions, rodders rowed and speed-shifted their manual transmissions with great precision and enjoyment for decades. Today, for a ...

Hard driving and high mileage are the leading causes of transmission wear. Thus it's no surprise my 2004 Ford Mustang was due for some major transmission work, and we decided to detail the process.

Ask anyone who's owned a manual-transmission-equipped Fox-body and there's a good chance they have a story about grenading the stock T5 transmission. Some snap at the hit, others break on a good ...