The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

Ford’s 427 and 428 FE V8s sit at the heart of some of the most mythologized American performance cars, yet even seasoned enthusiasts often blur the line between them. I want to unpack where these two ...

FE is the symbol for iron on the periodic table of elements, and a lot of people believe that Ford named its line of V-8 engines produced between 1964 and 1976 because it tips the scales at more than ...

We love hearing from machine shops that discover novel solutions to sticky problems. One of the most imaginative is Evans Speed in South El Monte, California. The company has come up with a cool ...

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 ...