Ford’s Boss 302 V8 arrived as a purpose-built weapon for road racing, yet it ended up redefining what a small-block could be on both track and street. By blending high-rpm cylinder heads with a ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...

The Ford small block 302 is one of the most reliable V8 engines ever built. It powered some of the Blue Oval's most famous vehicles, including the Ford Mustang, Ford Bronco, and Mercury Cougar. But ...

In the bad old days, Ford engine builders knew that Blue Oval power would always cost them at least 50 percent more than building a comparable Chevy. The reason for the price disparity was volume. A ...

What's all this "think small" stuff? I mean, since when do you figure that thereis asubstitute for cubic inches? Haven't we been taught that "when in doubt, bore it out"? Haven't our brains been ...

When it comes to high-performance Mustangs from the 1960s, we usually think about ponies like the Shelby GT350 and the Cobra Jet. But Ford also built a couple of cool homologation specials wearing ...