To make this gear ratio comparison possible, we used a car equipped with a 9-inch Ford housing and had Drivetrain Warehouse set up three centersections with 3.00, 3.50 and 4.11 gearsets. We also used ...

Many four-wheel-drive vehicles have 4-high and 4-low modes. However, these settings aren't the same. Here are the differences between them and when to use each.

Sponsored by GAM. Imagine a small child trying to push a full-size adult in a shopping cart. It’s possible to get the cart moving (barely), but it would ...

Even though almost all new mountain bikes now have just one chainring and no front derailleur, it would still be nice to have all those other gear ratios again. The Binary Gear is designed to bring ...

Human existence is a process of constant refinement. Ten thousand years ago we gnawed at charred meat while squatting around a campfire; today you eat your prime rib amid luxury appointments in a keto ...

What is a granny gear transmission: a question a child might ask but not a childish question. Opinions vary on what constitutes a "granny tranny," but in a nutshell it's a manual transmission with an ...

What Is a "Granny Gear?" Opinions vary on what constitutes a "granny transmission," but in a nutshell it's a manual transmission with an extremely low gear ratio that allows the vehicle to crawl along ...

At one time it wasn't unusual for a hot rod's emphasis to be strictly based on performance; the goal may have been top speed on the dry lakes, or a low elapsed time at the dragstrip, but proper ...