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 428 Cobra Jet did not begin as a boardroom idea inside Ford. It started as a problem on the street, where Mustangs were ...

Ford really got it right with the 1968 428 Cobra Jet (CJ). Technically a midyear offering, the 1968 1/2 CJ combined 427 Low Riser heads, a cast iron copy of the aluminum 390 Police Interceptor intake ...

Leading up to the peak of the muscle car era, automakers like Ford and Pontiac were locked in a battle of one-upmanship. While smaller, higher revving engines were popular among hot rodders, there was ...

1969 stands as the moment when Ford took the reins of performance into its own corporate hands, effectively pushing Shelby out of the spotlight. With the Mach 1 and the Boss Bros, Ford didn’t really ...

Last month, we brought you Part 1 of 3 on how to detail a 428 Cobra Jet engine to concourse level, with Marcus Anghel of Anghel Restorations in Scottsdale, Arizona. Here we present Part 2, and next ...

The Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet V8 engines rank as some of the most powerful engines ever put in the Ford Mustang. In fact, if we limit our discussion to first-gen Mustangs, these engines, both ...

A spotless Mach 1 typically draws big numbers whenever it hits the market, and someone on eBay hopes their immaculate specimen will sell for a small fortune. Ford produced over 190K Mustangs in 1970, ...

[This story first appeared in the premier issue of MotorTrend Classic in 2005] If H.G. Wells Enterprises Inc. advertised time-machine test-drives tomorrow, it'd be tempting to hop in and twist the ...