Ford’s Boss 302 V8 arrived as a purpose-built weapon for road racing, yet it ended up redefining what a small-block could be on both track and street. By blending high-rpm cylinder heads with a ...

Few automobile engines gain first-name status with the general public. You could make a case for the venerable Small Block Chevy and the overly generic Big Block from Ford, Chevy, and Chrysler. The ...

Hot rods and street machines sporting vintage speed parts are popular these days. But sometimes youve gotta wonder just how hot some of that vintage performance really was. Nostalgia is great, but the ...

The Ford small block 302 is one of the most reliable V8 engines ever built. It powered some of the Blue Oval's most famous vehicles, including the Ford Mustang, Ford Bronco, and Mercury Cougar. But ...

This is the continuation of a series we started several months ago, documenting the refresh of this 1972 Mustang convertible. The owners sent the car to Pure Vision Design in Simi Valley, California, ...

Oddly enough, Boss 302s are among the most coddled of today's vintage Mustangs. Check out the forums at the Boss 302 Registry (www.boss302.com), and you'll see long-winded threads about original rev ...

We wish there was a way to put the sound of Terry Snyder's '69 Boss 302 on paper. When Terry started the engine, we knew there wasn't modern roller-cam technology inside. Instead, the beast was as ...

Say what you will about the first-generation Mach 1 or the Shelby GT350/GT500 duo, there’s just something about the Boss 302 specification that may just make for the perfect late-first gen Mustang. It ...