Modern Driveline’s Bruce Couture Builds This Stunning Fox in the Memory of a Great Friend
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 […]
Modern Driveline’s All-New Hydraulic Clutch Setup for Fox Mustangs
Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords by Jim Smart Pedal Play: Modern Driveline Makes It Fast & Easy to Get Precision Low-Pedal Resistance Clutch Performance Jim Smart November 1, 2016 Fox-Body Mustangs haven’t been this popular since the 1990s. Sales of these lightweight, good-looking 1979-1993 Stangs haven’t been this brisk in ages. They’re plentiful and cheap, […]
Proper Bellhousing Alignment Eliminates Side-Loading, Wear & Tear
Acheive SPOT-ON clutch bellhousing & Trans alignment for reduced wear & increased performance
ShoeBox TKO
by Jim Smart Thanks to MODERN DRIVELINE (MDL), a TKO 5-speed upgrade for your 1955-’57 Chevy is just a weekend away. MDL enables you to move quickly on this conversion in a weekend because everything is available in one spot. We found the installation to be straightforward, void of unexpected obstacles and delays. No special modifications […]
LF Series Hydraulic Clutch Kits 1
LF Series External Hydraulic Clutch Slave Uses cable style lever and bearingIntegrated bleedSimple installationSimple and reliableCompatible with T5/TKO Aluminum Bell and Quicktime steel bell Alternative to Mechanical linkage The LF Series Hydraulic Clutch Slave is designed as a alternative to mechanical linkage or a replacement for the cabled clutch system. Using the same clutch lever […]
Muscle-Z-Bar: High Performance Clutch Linkage
The Muscle-Z-Bar is the answer to poor performance from your mechanical linkage. Spherical rod ends, heim joints, and fully adjustable linkage rods remove the binding points which plaque mechanical linkages. As Jim Smart says in Mustang Monthly: “The vintage Mustang’s stock clutch linkage isn’t a bad design. In fact, it isn’t much different than most from the […]
TREMEC® TKO Transmissions
TREMEC offers several different models of five speed transmissions**, and introduced a new lineup in 2004. Here is a bit of the history of the TKO line. The manual transmission line of Borg Warner is now owned (since 1998) by Transmission Technologies Corporation (TTC), however, the design remains unchanged between the two transmission lines. Borg Warner transmissions, for […]
TECH TALK: The Solution to 2005-up Ford Mustang S197 Shift Problems
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] [vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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? The TREMEC® T56 Magnum XL 6-speed […]
TREMEC T56 MAGNUM 6-Speed Transmission
Introduced in the spring of 2009, the TREMEC T-56 Magnum 6-speed manual transmission, was the long-awaited and highly anticipated replacement for the original T-56. Based heavily on the TR-6060, the all-new Magnum took the best of TREMEC’s current OEM design and manufacturing technologies and combined them with the most popular features of their intensely popular TKO 5-speed. The […]
New Product Front Shift T5 Tail housing
Early (mid-1960s and earlier) cars and street rods with their engines and drivetrain sitting back further than today’s cars benefit greatly when the shifter is positioned forward from the standard position offered by the T5 overdrive transmission. MDL is proud to introduce the Front Shift T5 Tailhousing.Designed from the ground up to reproduce the S10 […]
New Product Flathead Overdrive Solutions
Put a “better” overdrive transmission behind your Ford Flathead. JUST RELEASED – Flathead overdrive begins with the adapter. The MDL Flathead bell adapter, made as a direct fit for the 59 series blocks, while also mating to the intermediate ring on the 8 series flatheads, allows you to install a “better” transmission […]
QA1 Carbon Fiber Driveshaft Technology
Raising the Bar with American-Made Driveshafts QA1 is redefining industry standards by performing filament winding in-house, – a necessary process to design and produce the correct torsional stiffness specifications for world-class carbon fiber driveshafts. It is imperative to have control over the entire filament winding process, and by having the specialized equipment in-house, QA1 […]
Get a Light Pedal With Modern Driveline’s LF Series Hydraulic Clutch System
Make light work of a heavy pedal by letting fluid do the hard work with an MDL Hydraulic Clutch Kit