While you might be able to make a pretty good guess as to why the Ford 427 V8 was called the "side-oiler," the history ...

Ford Motor Company has produced many iconic V8 engines over the years, starting with the revolutionary 1932 Flathead, the first affordable mass-produced V8. Many more V8s followed later on, including ...

Ford's big block engines are among the best-known and most respected V8s in American history. From the pure-blooded racing heritage of the 427 and its derivatives to the massive torque-happy 429 in ...

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

For engine enthusiasts and muscle car fans, the 1960s were a seriously exciting time. Engines were getting larger, outputs were soaring, and the rivalries within motorsport were heating up at a wild ...

The two-owner, 16k-mile car still wears its original paint, but the engine was replaced after the original Cobra Jet got ...

Ford introduced the 385 big block V8 engine series in the late 1960s as it phased out the MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block design. The 385 big block, named for the 3.85-inch crankshaft stroke ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Great. Another pair of engines from the same manufacturer that are a cubic inch apart. Well, GM loves giving anti-kindred engines similar displacements (looking at you, Chevy 454 and Pontiac 455), so ...