Ford’s rare 427 street car brought side-oiler racing hardware to the street in tiny numbers.

American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...

Great. Another pair of engines from the same manufacturer that are a cubic inch apart. Well, GM loves giving anti-kindred engines similar displacements (looking at you, Chevy 454 and Pontiac 455), so ...

Few can dispute the FE series big-block's performance on a grand scale. This is the legendary engine that not only won Le Mans, it spanked Ferrari and other exotics in a global venue only the very few ...

The classic Chevrolet Impala SS 427 still raises the question of whether it is worth buying today as a true American muscle ...

The horsepower wars were in full swing by 1966, and Chrysler had just released its NASCAR-derived street HEMI engine. As a follow-up to its dedicated drag racing 1964 Thunderbolt, Ford responded with ...

Allegedly capable of spitting out over 600 naturally aspirated horses, this experimental big-block V8 never got a proper chance to shine but still became an American engineering legend. During the ...

Chevrolet General Manager Ed Cole was always "looking over the horizon" for new technology. In 1957, Cole commanded his engineers to start working on a line of 1960 Chevrolets that would all use a ...

Ford's big block engines are among the best-known and most respected V8s in American history. From the pure-blooded racing heritage of the 427 and its derivatives to the massive torque-happy 429 in ...