Ford’s Boss 302 V8 arrived as a purpose-built weapon for road racing, yet it ended up redefining what a small-block could be on both track and street. By blending high-rpm cylinder heads with a ...
One of the era’s nimblest golden-age muscle cars proved a fierce road racing warrior. It was also reborn as a modern Mustang track star. By the tail end of the 1960s, Ford was heavily involved in SCCA ...
After the first nine months of the year had passed, the Ford brand sold more than 1.473 million units across the US automotive market, of which just 36,485 were passenger cars. Of those, absolutely ...
This 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was refurbished back in 2007, losing its original Boss 302 engine in favor of a 351 ci Cleveland V8. As far as this car being a collectible, the engine swap was ...
Ford's Boss 302 Mustang is a real-life supercar in every sense. None of the "if you do this" or "after you add that" nonsense. It starts out good, and outclasses most of the world's big-engined muscle ...
Ford Racing is now offering a 302 5.0L V8 crate engine from the truly awesome B0ss 302 Mustang. The fully-built crate engine comes with 11.0:1 compression ratio forged aluminum pistons, a lightweight ...
The racing series had under- and over-2.0-liter classes, with all of the V-8-powered American iron running in the latter, which allowed displacements of up to 5.0 liters. Those were exciting times, on ...
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 ...
To counter the Chevy onslaught, the decision was made to produce a special version of the Ford Mustang aimed almost exclusively at Trans-Am, whose rules required that ...