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 ...

Ford’s FE V8s arrived at a moment when American performance was shifting from backyard hot-rodding to factory-built power, and they quickly became the hardware that defined that transition. By ...

When we last looked in on Jim Reid Jr., of Reid's Automotive, he had completed the teardown, inspection, machinework, and short-block assembly of our Ford 390. This time around he's finishing our FE ...

The Ford Motor Company is a legend in U.S. car manufacturing, first entering the automobile scene in 1903. Throughout the decades, it has specialized in cars, trucks, SUVs, and more, producing more ...

Upgrading an FE engine to modern performance expectations is easy to do, as we've proven in the past couple issues with our Formidable FE build series. We managed to build a bulletproof engine that ...

The '60s were the golden age of American muscle cars, and this vibrant automotive scene witnessed the birth of many iconic engines with large displacements and unmatched power outputs. Among these ...

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 ...

Have you ever had an engine built, only to find yourself unhappy with the result? Our budget FE 390 project was one of those disappointing engine-building experiences. Although it was built by a ...

Known as a classic car enthusiast, Jarro loves classic Porsches, Toyotas and everything in between. Though he used to manage a local speed shop and had a short stint with a race team, he now prefers a ...