Have you recently bought a new manual transmission or are you thinking about buying one? Before you get started there are some critical points to every new conversion that often get overlooked. Here at Bowler Performance we see and hear a lot of horror stories of installs gone bad due to lack of information provided,…
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Throttle Valve Cable System For GM 700-R4 & 200-4R Transmissions
If you’ve ever researched the right transmission for your hot rod or custom transplant, you’ve probably heard of the GM 700-R4 and 200-4R transmissions. The GM 700-R4 and 200-4R transmissions are widely used for custom builds. They’re also some of the most misunderstood transmissions of their time, and have some notorious throttle valve cable hurdles….
Bowler’s All-in-One Harness for Your 6-Speed Transmission
Remember the good old days of wiring up your hot rod? You could get a small block engine running with 3 wires hooked up. Then with a handful of other connections your cassette deck was ready to blast your favorite hair band through your hand crank windows. Fast forward to today, there’s touch start ignition,…
Transmission Gears, Horsepower, Torque: Is More Always Better?
There is a subscribed belief in the automotive aftermarket that more is always better. More horsepower, more torque, more tire width, more rim diameter, and more transmission gears all equal a better car right? It is true in many cases, but sometimes it doesn’t actually make sense due to size and technology constraints. That’s what…
Do You Want a Tremec T-56 Magnum Transmission?
The T-56 Magnum is a top choice for any hot rod project. It’s the product of years of high-performance testing and design changes. This Tremec T-56 Magnum is widely known as one of the most celebrated manual transmissions in the industry. It has a racing heritage, and many years of great engineering and design have…
Automatic Transmissions and Heat
Heat- it is one of those byproducts of so many different physical actions and chemical reactions in our normal everyday life. It has numerous benefits for us in some areas of life, but in other aspects, too much of it can be damaging and detrimental. It is no secret or mystery that friction creates heat…
Bellhousing Alignment & Install Guide
The past 10 years has seen a significant shift in the amount of new overdrive 5 & 6-speed transmissions being retro-fitted into older cars and trucks. There is just something nostalgic about rowing gears in a classic muscle car that can’t be satisfied by any other means. Pair that up with the new fuel injected…