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    SIX ON THE FLOOR LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

    Dec 06, 2019 5 minutes
    Michael Galimi

    The modern Ford automatic transmission market has always been a step behind its competition from the General. The Fox-body Mustang fanatics suffered through the lethargic AOD era, followed by the AOD-E, which was marginally better. The 4R70W, which debuted in the Lincoln Mark VIII and was carried over to the Modular generation of Mustangs, had been a step in the right direction, but only when the aftermarket got involved in a complete rebuild. Sure, Ford produced the robust 4R100 that was found in heavy-duty trucks and the Gen 2 Lightning, but its strength came with girth, making it less than ideal to swap into most cars.

    The Ford world rejoiced in 2005, however, with the introduction of the 5R55S, an automatic transmission that changed

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