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Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

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TCI Releases 4X Four-Speed Auto Transmissions


TCI Releases 4X Four-Speed Auto Transmissions

TCI Auto has grown to be one of the largest and most innovative producers of automatic transmissions and transmission components. Proving its reputation, TCI unveiled the new 4x Four-Speed automatic gearbox range. This innovative family of automatic transmissions is based on well-known 4L80E or 700R4 gearboxes and can be adjusted not only for GM applications.


These transmissions are equipped with the adapter bell housing for mounting behind non-GM engines (such as Buick, Pontiac, Ford, Chrysler etc.). The electronic 4L80E-based overdrive gearbox has an adapter flex disk that makes it possible to use original GM controller or TCI EZ-TCU. Non-electronic 700R4-based gearbox is also equipped with an adapter flex disk and does not require gearbox controlling unit. This type of transmission also has a constant pressure valve body, ensuring more adjustability while specifying part throttle shifting points. A space-saving structural design allows engineers to install this automatic gearbox in most modifications without tunnel adjustments.

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Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.

Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.