American Powertrain offers Tremec TR-4050 kit for Chevy/GMC trucks
American Powertrain now offers a Tremec 4×2 TR-4050 five-speed Pro-Fit HD manual transmission kit designed for 1988-98 Chevy/GMC OBS light- and medium-duty trucks. The Chevy/GMC OBS 4×2 kit includes a short throw White Lightning Shifter designed for the TR-4050, a crossmember adapter bracket that works with the original factory crossmember, bell housing, hydraulic bearing, pilot
American Powertrain introduces Chevy/GMC 4×4 Tremec 4050 transmission kit for vintage pickups
American Powertrain is introducing a Square Body Chevy/GMC 4×4 kit for the Tremec TR-4050 five-speed, four wheel drive manual transmission designed to fit 1973 to 1987 pickups and SUVs, which the company notes includes Chevy Suburbans, Jimmys and Blazers. The kit includes: an aluminum CNC machined bell housing, Hydramax hydraulic clutch and components, flywheel and
Hydramax releases under-dash hydraulic clutch system for Chevrolet C10 trucks
American Powertrain has introduced a new line of Hydramax bolt-in, under-dash Hydraulic Clutch Systems, a kit designed for 1967-1972 Chevy C10 trucks. The kit features an integrated under-dash hydraulic master cylinder and a bolt-in clutch pedal. The included clutch pedal allows for conversion to hydraulic, or an automatic car to manual. The new Hydramax kit
Billet 5-Speed Shifter
American Powertrain has announced an all-new White Lightning shifter for TREMEC TKX 5-speed transmissions. The new TKX already shifts smoothly out of the box but American Powertrain takes it to the next level. Bolting on a White Lightning shifter shortens the shift by 30% and allows multiple shifter positions. White Lightning shifters feature the patented
TREMEC TR-9080 DCT Transmission GPZ Friction Clutch Pack Module
GPZ friction material was featured in prototype testing in the first 2020 C8 Corvette.
American Powertrain Announces New TREMEC TKX 5-Speed Transmission
The TKX is a brand new design made from the ground up as a strictly aftermarket transmission.
Inside the Tremec TR6070 7-Speed Manual Transmission
Last month we looked at the new C7 generation of Chevrolet Corvette, which brings the famous “Stingray” name back into use. GM has invested tremendous amounts of labor and capital to create a real world-class new model, which will be the first to use the new Tremec TR6070 seven-speed manual transmission. The new Stingray’s advanced computer controls will enable the driver to tune the vehicle to a number of driving modes, and Tremec did a really first-class design to provide seven speeds in a package that is only slightly different in size from the previous TR6060.
The New 7-Speed Tremec TR6070 Manual Transmission
This is truly a world-class vehicle. It features new technology, design and manufacturing methods that go way beyond the familiar C5 and C6 Corvettes. These cars have come a long way from the older fiberglass models, using an aluminum space frame and many carbon-fiber body parts. GM has invested a fortune in development and design in a totally new LT1 aluminum-block engine (Figure 3) that produces 450 horsepower and 450 lb.-ft. of torque from the 6.2-liter displacement. Zero-to-60-mph times are in the four-second range, and this is from the stock motor. Higher-performance versions of the new LT1 will be released for the top-of-the-line Corvette models. The most-striking feature of these vehicles is a seven-speed manual transmission, the TR6070 (figures 4 and 5).
Whodunit?
Every technician who rebuilds transmissions has failures, which we call comebacks. We get the failed or improperly working unit back, diagnose the cause and make it right.
The entire exercise we go through on a daily basis making repairs is based on the same set of facts: We have to first diagnose the problem, understand the cause of the failure, correct that cause and then certify that the unit is working correctly and deliver the product.
Tremec’s New 6060 Six-Speed
The T56 six-speed transmission has been around for many years now. Originally designed by BorgWarner for the GM F-bodies (Camaro/Firebird), the design has been refined since Tremec bought the BorgWarner manual-transmission business. The T56 is now the six-speed of choice for the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet C5 and C6 Corvettes, Pontiac GTO, Cadillac CTS-V, Dodge Viper and Sidewinder, and Aston Martin Vanquish.
The Tremec TKO Series of Transmissions
The business of doing business for our industry has become much more complicated in the past few years. The general advance of complex designs and electronic functions has made severe changes in the cost and volume of the work the average shop can produce. Add to this the competition for market share that the car dealers through reman programs and the centralized rebuilding centers have placed on the transmission shop, and it is easy to see how the industry is contracting.
Solving a Tough Problem With the Tremec T45 Transmission
The T45 five-speed transmission was introduced in the Ford Mustang in the 1996 model year and continued in production through the 2001 models. Tremec Transmissions Corp. in Mexico manufactures this transmission for Ford.
