These big block Blue Oval engines defined an era of American muscle with huge horsepower and performance that dominated drag ...

The Ford 427 SOHC arrived as a weapon, not a commuter engine, built to win races and unsettle rivals who thought they had big-block dominance locked up. It shared displacement with other FE V8s, but ...

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Introduced at the height of the muscle car golden age and produced until the mid-1990s, the 460 was never offered by Ford in a high-performance variant. However, thanks to its bombproof construction, ...

Ford introduced the 385 big block V8 engine series in the late 1960s as it phased out the MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block design. The 385 big block, named for the 3.85-inch crankshaft stroke ...

Back in the classic musclecar era when there was no replacement for raw displacement, octane was high, and fuel was cheap, Buick, Chevy, Mopar, Ford, Olds, and Pontiac each produced large-displacement ...

If you are a racing buff, gearhead, or DIY mechanic, then you're sure to have come across debates between big-block engines versus small blocks and other modern engines. Each big block engine has its ...

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...