Perception and reality are often widely disparate things. That couldn't be truer than with the legendary Boss 429 Mustang and the semi-hemi engine for which it was named. It is the darling of the ...
The big Detroit manufacturers have always had a crazy V8 somewhere up their sleeves. Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have ...
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 Voodoo engine is a revised and heavily upgraded version of the Coyote V8. The biggest difference between the two is ...
Ford is no stranger to producing powerful engines. From the heyday of the muscle car to the racetrack to the Special Vehicles Team to today's Ford Performance division, the company has carved out a ...
Jon Kaase drank the Ford blue Kool-Aid a long time ago. His association with the Blue Oval goes back to his NHRA Super Stock days with a 428 Cobra Jet Mustang in the early '70s and has progressed ...
Developed during the late 1960s to one-up Chrysler and its fearsome 426 HEMI in stock car racing, the Boss 429 didn't quite reach its goal. Nevertheless, it was a marvelous brute of a V8 that became a ...
"Ohio George" Montgomery was racing long before the Ford Boss 429 showed up on the scene in 1969. He had raced at Bonneville as early as 1951, but became a legend in drag racing after building a light ...
Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...
The Ford Modular 4.6-liter V8 powered the Mustang through the late 1990s and into the new millennium. It’s capable of big ...
A modified 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 sold for nearly $200,000 at auction. The car features a Kaase 598 engine with 1,062 horsepower, not the original NASCAR motor. Authentic, numbers-matching ...
Horse Sense:For the uninitiated during the last few months we've been working on producing the first true fuel-injected Boss-style engine based on Ford Racing Performance Parts' Boss 302 block. When ...