One of the great joys of building a replica vehicle is that there is no correct way of doing anything! In direct contrast to the restoration of classics, antiques, and muscle cars, we are given carte ...

The 1990 Mazda Miata is known for many things—its light weight, its zingy four-cylinder, and its tight, butter-smooth gearbox, just as examples—but an upscale interior? Not so much. That’s not a dig, ...

Shimano’s Deore Di2 wireless shifting works almost identically to its more expensive siblings, with a slight weight penalty and minimal compromises.

Here is your guide to the best short shifters and some of the best brands in the business. Is the gearstick feeling tired in your sports car? Tired of long throws, wobbly gearknobs, and a feel that’s ...

It's almost a guarantee that when you get an old C10 truck to play with, somewhere on it you will find an "upgrade" that just doesn't suit your plan for the project. One item that is often a point of ...

We all know how cramped the engine compartment in a hot rod can get. First you stuff a big V-8 into a space originally designed to hold an inliner, then you add headers and a steering box to the ...

In a manual transmission car, every gear change is high-school geometry in action, with a healthy dose of physics. Levers, fulcrums, and angles determine how a shifter's parts harmonize and behave ...

Some manufacturers like Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia and Can-Am offer bikes and trikes that are either semi- or fully-automatic, but converting a manual shifting bike to something resembling an automatic ...