Anyone who ever wrenched on a 1950s- or '60s-era Ford pickup is ... about this exotic Weslake Y-block, built by Harry Weslake's famous British racing and aircraft engine company.

Finally, inherent limitations in terms of performance modifications made Ford cease domestic production of the Y-block engine in 1964. Although short-lived, the legacy of the Y-block engine endures.

F ord has been building its popular line of Aluminator small-block V-8 crate engine since before the Coyote was even a thing and the newest one—the 480-hp Gen 4—is now availab ...

In 1958, Ford introduced its new FE series of V8 engines (short for Ford-Edsel) to replace the short-lived Y ... drag racing powerplant, the competitiveness of Ford's 427 cubic inch big block ...

has finally hit the Ford Performance catalog as a crate engine. The big-block V-8 joins other legends such as Ford's Coyote Aluminator 5.0L V-8, the 5.2L XS V-8, the 2.3L EcoBoost I-4, and about a ...

which is used as the basis for all Ford big-block crate engines today. The Ford 460 never received proper high-performance cylinder heads until well after factory production of the 385-series ended.

Ford muscle ... countless big-block V8s, but this is the rarest one ever in a production car. Ford had enjoyed much success ...

Though not designed for high performance, Ford's first overhead-valve (OHV) V8 was a solid engine. These days, when it's equipped with modern tech, the Y-Block can make some respectable output ...

said Tom Detloff, Ford Racing engine engineer. “So what we do is test a number of different combinations before we just settle on one. If you look at our M-6007-Z363 long-block, the power ...

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 ...