When the '70s arrived, the decade should have suited the muscle car genre perfectly. Gone were the hippy vibes and painted Volkswagens, replaced by a time filled with glam rock, disco, and punk. The ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

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 ...

At the dawn of the 1980s, when performance cars were limping through an era of emissions controls and shrinking engines, some ...

Summit Racing and BluePrint Engines join forces to offer three new 302- and 347-cubic inch Ford small-block crate engines. Unless you can afford to throw away ridiculous buckets of cash, you may have ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...