In 1958, Ford introduced its new FE series of V8 engines (short for Ford-Edsel) to replace the short-lived Y-block — itself a replacement for the truly antiquated flathead V8s. The FE was a tremendous ...

Although this is just a blocky press photo from Ford Racing that dropped into our inbox this morning, it pushed us right into a long daydream about a double-black Cobra with white stripes and big ...

Ford's effort to catch up with competitors in the overhead-valve V8 sweepstakes hit the market in 1954 and was called the "Y-Block." That's in reference to the engine block's deep skirting surrounding ...

In the May '09 issue, we brought you Part 1 of our home-built stroker small-block Ford engine. Within the story, we detailed the brand new Fast As Cast Trick Flow cylinder heads we were using, along ...

Introduced in 1968 as an upscale, sportier version of the Fairlane, the Torino is one of the most badass fastbacks from the golden muscle car era. But it's also one of those beefed-up intermediates ...

When something works as well as the Windsor-based small-block Ford V-8, you just can't throw it on the heap of history when the next great thing comes out. From its earliest version in 221ci form for ...

Internal combustion engines are commonly referred to by their displacements whether its old-school cubic inches or more modern CC and liter nomenclature. If you love cars, you've no doubt heard of the ...

Could the small-block Chevy be the most popular engine-build that HOT ROD has covered over its 77-year history? We don’t have a running tally, but in our expert guesstimate, that is probably true. So ...

The incredible Ford Torino restomod is a true muscle car masterpiece built for performance and style Combining a powerful 427 stroker engine with a fully custom chassis and tubbed rear end this car ...