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 ...

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 ...

Hardly. Which is why so many of us spend so much time figuring out all the details that will make our rod truly unique. We lay awake at night, assembling our dream project in our minds eye right down ...

During the course of a restoration, there are hundreds of decisions to be made. Some are made up front before a single wrench is turned, while others are often made on the spur of the moment because ...

Since we'll be thrashing on this engine at the limits of a 289/302 block's architecture, McAfee wanted a solid foundation on which to build. We're going with Ford Racing Performance Parts' Sportsman ...

A crate engine can be just what you need to finish your project car, and these Ford powerplants can be had for a remarkably reasonable price.

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...