The muscle car era, a period of high-performance and affordable vehicles, was significantly shaped by Ford’s Small-Block V8 engine. This iconic engine not only revolutionized Ford’s lineup but also ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

With the 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 engine currently sitting on the top rung of Ford’s street-performance ladder, let’s take this look back at OG small-block power, brought about through a big-bored and ...

Ford’s small-block Windsor V-8 first appeared in 1962 as a 221-cubic-inch workhorse designed to power smaller cars and trucks but quickly became the darling of Ford-centric hot rodders. Its ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

It used to be, if you wanted a more powerful V8 engine, you'd have to build it bigger. It was a simple numbers game: Typically, the higher an engine's displacement, the higher its horsepower. This ...

However, Ford was thinking in another direction, deciding to focus on efficiency and balance. The result was the small-block V8, a compact, lightweight engine that proved you didn't need massive ...