Drag racing is all about overkill: Too much horsepower is never enough. The drivetrain takes all the gaff, so racers tend to it with Brooklyn Bridge-like structures to keep from scattering parts all ...

There's no question the GM 10-bolt axle is a reliable component with the millions of them that are still in service on the road. Everything from Chevelles, vans, Novas, S-10 and C-10 pickups, and ...

For more years than we can remember, welding an 8.8 rearend's axle tubes directly to its differential housing has been the trick to keeping the rear braced and void of flexing under drag-strip ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

Frequently, the ultimate result of this leverage is that the tubes can bend. When they bend, the tubes are no longer aligned, and this changes critical measurements on the components inside the ...

A flexible Tube Press and Weld System developed by ABB Robotics for the Ford Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, has won the 2012 Ford Global Powertrain Technical Maturity Model ...