The 1963 Ford Galaxie 427 arrived as a blunt instrument aimed squarely at stock car supremacy, a full-size family sedan reworked into a purpose-built hunter of NASCAR trophies. Ford treated it as a ...

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

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 ...

When it comes to wild factory-built Ford dragsters from the 1960s, we usually think about the Thunderbolt. And that's far from surprising because it's one of the greatest NHRA-spec production models ...

For engine enthusiasts and muscle car fans, the 1960s were a seriously exciting time. Engines were getting larger, outputs were soaring, and the rivalries within motorsport were heating up at a wild ...

This humongous V8 proved that American muscle was better than sophisticated Italian V12s on the biggest stage of them all: the 24-Hours of Le Mans. Follow us: This year marks the 100th anniversary of ...

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 ...