In PART I, we detailed the construction of a long-rod, high-compression Ford 351W V-8. Since this was a street-only engine, we purposely set our engineering goals very high. We required full emissions ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

Though he may be most famous for the Mustangs that bear his name, tuning-up pony cars isn't Carroll Shelby's only legacy. In 1988, he founded the Carroll Shelby Engine Company to build hot-rodded Ford ...

Everyone knows it's a lot of work to rebuild an engine. That's not really up for debate. But for anyone who's never actually rebuilt an engine themselves, under it could be easy to underestimate just ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Bill Cole began restoring his 1970 Ford Mustang about a year ago, the first thing he did was slap a Cleveland into it. To muscle car fans like Cole, a Cleveland is Ford's ...

When muscle car enthusiasts talk about the mightiest engines produced by Ford during the 1960s and 1970s, the Boss 351 rarely gets mentioned. However, this underappreciated eight-cylinder gem, which ...

The Ford 351 Windsor is one of the most popular V8 engines Ford Motor Company has ever built. It belongs to the small block Ford family and was first introduced in 1969 with the Ford Mustang Mach 1.

“How It’s Made” generally shows how the colander in your cabinet, or your car's oil pressure sensor, are handled and packaged in a massive factory. Sometimes the show will dive into a subject more off ...