Ford muscle cars are synonymous with the small block V8 engine. For decades, Ford continued to use their range of small block ...

Decades before EcoBoost technology was introduced, the company was experimenting with small-block engines for its vehicles. An early fruit of this labor was the Ford 221 V8, which first arrived in ...

With that in mind, HotCars decided to find the torquiest production small block V8 that Ford produced in the 1960s. Ford's Windsor 351 Small Block V8 and the Toyota 2JZ Inline-6 engines have one ...

A gentleman by the name of George Stirrat and eight of his colleagues started the development of the Ford small block in 1960. This group of engineers – internally referred to as Canadian X ...

Patriot's small-block Ford cylinder head, the 185cc Freedom Series, features 2.02-inch intake and 1.60-inch exhaust stainless valves, a five-angle valve job, bronze valve guides, 60cc combustion ...

Like so much in the annals of automotive history, the small-block engine was born of competition. Introduced in 1932, Ford's Flathead V8 became popular with hot rodders for its power and ...

But it's still pretty badass. The Z460 is the largest small block crate engine Ford Racing has ever built, packing 460 cubic inches, or 7.5 liters into its 351-based block. According to the team ...

It uses a 1970s Ford small-block V8, with its displacement increased from 5.0 to 5.6 liters and fitted with electronic fuel injection, Motec ECU and other parts. Due to the block’s age ...