1964-1972 GM trucks have long been popular among hot rodders and truck enthusiasts but over the last couple of years, their popularity has gone nuts among the pro touring crowd as well. With more and more of these trucks being built with the intention of competing at road courses, auto-crosses, and open track days, American Powertrain observed the fact that there was a hole in the hobby for these enthusiasts.

To fill that gap, these guys developed the new ProFit kit for the trucks which is basically a box that contains everything you need to make it work from the transmission to the drive shaft, shifter, etc. The transmission you can opt for are either the basei TKO 5-speed box or an upgrade to a 6-speed swizzle stick is also available.

Why would you want to score all of this stuff as brand new parts that have been engineered by an industry leading company? The fact that you know all of the parts and pieces are going to fit the first time is why this is such a great value, along with the knowledge that the parts have a proven track record, have been tested to death, and the dogs

American Powertrain adds 1964-72 C-10

5 and 6-speed Kits to Their ProFit Line

September 18, 2013 (Cookeville, TN) With the  1964-72 Chevy C-10 truck becoming a wildly popular platform for restoration and pro-touring projects American Powertrain has introduced their new line of ProFit transmission installation kits specifically for C-10 customers.

As with all of American Powertrain’s kits, these systems feature the TREMEC TKO 5-speed and Magnum 6-speed coupled with all of the parts needed to successfully install these gearboxes with an excellent shift position for both bench and bucket seat projects.

Kits feature AP’s lightweight X-Factor aluminum cross member with ISO-X ballistic mount, mechanical or electronic speedometer solution, VSS set-up for EFI, pilot bearing, Weatherseal reverse light wiring, complete seamless DOM driveshaft, shift knob, hardware and instructions.  If you are starting with an automatic or an empty chassis American Powertrain can provide all the parts you need for a diff to block installation.

6-Speed kits can be ordered with a new bell housing or their innovative Maglink adapter for fitment to existing 4-speed bell housings.  A pro-touring series upgrade is available on all kits, netting customers a race balanced aluminum driveshaft and their billet White Lightning shifter for maximum performance.  All gearboxes are available with their Xtreme upgrade to handle up to 1100ft-lbs. of torque and high rpm shifting.

All ProFit kits are covered by AP’s 2-year warranty and their exclusive 24-hour customer first tech support.  Complete kits start at $3295 and are available now.

American Powertrain, a TREMEC Elite Distributor located in Cookeville, TN,  manufacturers and sells ProFit modern overdrive transmission systems, Science Friction clutches and flywheels, Hydramax hydraulic clutch systems, X-Factor Cross Members and thousands of powertrain accessories for muscle, sports, street rod and race cars.   Visit them on the web at www.americanpowertrain.com  or call 931.646.4836.