Horse Sense:The NMRA apparently recognizes the drag-racing capabilities of the AOD/AODE, since it no longer gives these automatics a weight break versus a manual gearbox in either Factory Stock or ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 104, SECTION 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS, Part 2 (1995), pp. 1689-1697 (10 pages) A transmission system model for Ford Motor Company's automatic transmission (AOD) system used ...

Detroit — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that more than 540,000 Ford pickup trucks can abruptly downshift to a lower gear and increase the risk of a crash. The National ...

Ken Zimmer swapped a 351-Windsor into his 1967 Mustang convertible. Equipped with 1969 351W heads, the slightly over 9:1 compression motor sports a mild flat-tappet hydraulic cam (0.472/0.496-inch ...

The popularity of the Ford AOD transmission is well known. That extra gear on the highway is a real nice thing, and if you plan on driving your truck daily or quite often, then an AOD transmission ...

For more than a decade, installing an overdrive-automatic or manual transmission into a vintage Mustang has been a popular upgrade. It's more common these days, but some people still aren't convinced ...