Art Carr loves the 700-R4 overdrive automatic transmission as much as the next guy. The problem is, these transmissions blow up when they're subjected to real power. That's why Carr is a huge ...

When the guys at Trick Flow Specialties sent us out the door last summer with a fresh 350 under hood of our 1978 Malibu, they seemed to be taking bets on how long the transmission would last. "The ...