By Fiona Vernon
The goal for many gearheads is more horsepower for better performance. One horsepower translates to the ability to move 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, but that’s an inefficient unit of measurement since cars never weigh 16.5 tons. The amount of horsepower that an engine produces is measured on a dynamometer but must measure torque first then convert it to horsepower using a formula. It’s further complicated by the fact that torque and horsepower change with the RPMs. The problem with adding more horsepower is that it adds pressure to the rest of the driveline, meaning the choice of the transmission for each situation is crucial. Anyone from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Birmingham, Alabama, who is looking for a high-performance automatic transmission that will work with almost any power level and engine combination can find a custom built 4L80E at Gearstar Performance Transmissions. This hot rod transmission company uses only the best quality American-made parts to build each Mopar, Ford, and GM performance transmission to the exact specifications from start to finish by one of the industry’s top technicians. Car enthusiasts from Concord, North Carolina, to Cincinnati, Ohio, looking for a company who knows that they are being trusted with someone’s baby can rely on the decades of experience found at Gearstar Performance Transmissions!