Ford big-block crate engines are best considered in a historical framework. Big-block V-8 gasoline engines are a relic of the 20th century, and for this reason they are the poster child for everything ...

What is it about Ford's first overhead valve V-8 and our fascination with this red-hot slice of classic American iron? You know it has to be the sound alone with 16 mechanical flat tappets and that ...

At 375 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque, the 385-series 429ci big-block was the most powerful factory engine ever installed in a first generation Mustang. Ford initially used the short-block with ...

Ford's venerable FE series big-block has been around since Dwight Eisenhower was president yet we just can't get enough of this tried and proven Ford big-block. The FE is the mill that won Le Mans ...

Ford's effort to catch up with competitors in the overhead-valve V8 sweepstakes hit the market in 1954 and was called the "Y-Block." That's in reference to the engine block's deep skirting surrounding ...

The 460-cubic-inch big block Ford V8 is a massive engine equating to a displacement value of over 7.5 liters. For reference, that's bigger than a Rat, a Hellephant, and a Godzilla, making the 460 one ...