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V8 Speed & resto upgrade this 72 Corvette convertible to a modern 6 speed shifting rocket

The Tremec TR3160 is a superbly crafted piece of machinery known for buttery smooth shifts

A quick video overview of what Modern DriveLine has been offering its customers for over 24 years.

Prepare for Departure This car was featured in the Battle of the builders at the 2019 SEMA show. MDL was fortunate enough to have had a part in this beautiful build. Whipple Motorsport builds top of the line cars, we are proud to be associated with them. Don’t forget to pick up your copy of…

Overdrive transmissions are a great thing. They enable you to significantly improve the gearing and acceleration of your car while maintaining gas mileage and highway cruise-ability. Unfortunately, overdrives, manual or automatic, weren’t offered in Ford vehicles until the late ’70s. But that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck with the non-overdrive C4’s. C6’s, and…

TREMEC Distributor Spotlight – Modern Driveline  

Although the 337 is a V8 flathead, very few parts from the 59A or 8BA engines are interchangeable

As appetizer …. Before you will see tomorrow the full length 2019 Peking to Paris film on the Endurance Rally Association – ERA Facebook page, we're glad to present you this appetizer. A compilation on how our 9 brave Belgian teams managed to get to Paris.Take your biggest screen, your best audio system, a cold…

Modern Driveline 1955-1957 Chevy Tri 5 Modern Driveline’s approach to the Tri 5 using a TKO five speed or T56 six speed transmission conversion from a 3 or 4 speed manual transmission or automatic transmission is quite simple. When converting from a manual transmission, the original Chevy bell housing can be reused along with the…

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Bob Ream was inspired to build a nostalgic racer modernized with a 427 aluminum Dart block, and TREMEC T56 Magnum 6-speed transmission, among other changes. Bob knows something about vintage cars and modernization.  He owns Imagine Injection, Inc. in Glendale, AZ, building Electronic Fuel Injection systems with the look of Weber carburetors of yesterday.  You will…

The following pictorial highlights the build of a 1933 American Speed Body built onto a Shadow Rods Chassis with a Flathead power plant followed by a MDL Front Shift T5 1933 Rod Build Enthusiasts Who Are Also Engineers This is why you do business with Modern Driveline. We are not a large company…

The following pictorial highlights Bill’s 1966 Mustang. Bill wrote “Thought I would send a couple of pictures of the car. With the great weather this winter in Oregon I’ve been able to put about 900 miles on it so far. I would like to thank you for the help and the fast shipping. 66…

The following pictorial highlights Jim’s 2013 Mustang. Jim contacted us not long after buying this 2013 Mustang GT.  Stock with a MT-82 transmission and stock 5.0L, Jim knew that it would not live up to his expectations of spirited street and Road Course driving.  To deliver the power generated by the Roush Stage 3…

David shows off his 1973 Mach 1. David, from Trenton Michigan, works as a Engineer for Ford. In his off hours he has restored this 1973 Mustang Mach 1.  In November 2016 he is taking the car back to its original home in Pennsylvania to surprise the previous owner, John, with the beauty of the…

Tremec’s New T-56 Magnum Is Ready To Make Stronger, Smoother Music In Your ‘Stang Dale Amy September 1, 2009 In the great pecking order of Mustang manual transmissions, six-speed gearboxes such as those factory-installed in ’03-’04 Cobras and current GT500s clearly rule the roost. While most of us had to get by with only five…

Ed Schmidt Never Expected To Keep His 1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback For 40 Years Donald Farr Former Editor, Mustang Monthly January 10, 2011 Lonny Childress pulled over, set the parking brake, and announced, “Now you drive.” I was visiting Gateway Classic Mustang to check out their new vintage Mustang suspension system (see “Gateway to…

Carla Coleman’s Father Bought This ’65 Fastback Brand-New. She And Husband Jerry Have Rebuilt It Into A Modern Cruiser Donald Farr Former Editor, Mustang Monthly June 1, 2010 Photos By: Jerry Heasley In November 1964, Charles Modesitt placed an order for a Rangoon Red ’65 Mustang fastback. While most buyers chose the new fastback body style…

A Mustang Coupe That Really Hauls Joe Greeves February 4, 2014 Do you know the difference between a pickup truck and an Ute? Most enthusiasts think that Ute is just an Australian term for a pickup truck, but it’s more than that. Henry Ford debuted the first factory-produced pickup truck in 1925, a Model T…

Typical Errors and Misconceptions We All Make – And How to Avoid Them Written by Jim Smart March 9, 2016 OK, admit it. You’re tempted to cruise past this article, yet you can’t resist the desire to read it to see if you’ve made at least one of these mistakes building a classic muscle car.…

Jim Smart May 31, 2016 Modern Driveline was on top of the five-speed conversion game before anyone else with complete five-speed conversion kits and great technical support. These days, the Modern Driveline discussion moves quickly to five- and six-speed conversions for all Mustang generations and a host of other popular marques like Chevy Camaro, Corvette,…

Jim Smart May 31, 2016 When Ford introduced the all-new 1979 Mustang in the fall of 1978, few of us believed it would ever be collectible. At the time classic 1965-1973 Mustangs were coming into their own as hot collector cars and they got all the attention. Late model Fox-body Mustangs weren’t even considered Mustangs…

        Are you plagued with shifting issues in your 2005-up Mustang, including the 2011 and 2012 Mustangs? Have you beefed up the motor with power adders, pushing beyond the limits of the TR3650 (2005-2010) or Getrag MT-82 (2011-2012)? Is the 2-piece driveshaft causing vibration issues at high speeds?…

      Our customer Colin Sebern had is ’64 Fairlane featured on /BIG MUSCLE episode of /DRIVE.

By Chirag Asaravala. Assembly performed by Bruce Couture, Modern Driveline. For small block Ford enthusiasts the T5 manual transmission may be the greatest thing since sliced bread. With five fully synchronized forward gears, overdrive, an internal shift-rail mechanism and the ability to handle over 300 lb-ft of torque, the T5 is easily the number one…

If you’ve never experienced a classic Mustang with a Fifth gear, you should definitely try it out

When it comes to big blocks a T5 will not hold up very well unless you use a T5z, and are not making more than 450hp.  In most cases however, it is cheaper to run a TREMEC TKO transmission. When converting from an automatic to a five speed there are a couple of ways to…