These big block Blue Oval engines defined an era of American muscle with huge horsepower and performance that dominated drag strips, highways, and racetracks.

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 ...

Leading up to the peak of the muscle car era, automakers like Ford and Pontiac were locked in a battle of one-upmanship. While smaller, higher revving engines were popular among hot rodders, there was ...

As far as Ford Motor Company's big-block V8s go, few are as iconic as the Cobra Jet engine. First announced in late 1967 and made available in April 1968, the 428 Cobra Jet was the pinnacle of Ford's ...

Ford really got it right with the 1968 428 Cobra Jet (CJ). Technically a midyear offering, the 1968 1/2 CJ combined 427 Low Riser heads, a cast iron copy of the aluminum 390 Police Interceptor intake ...

Though it was only produced for three years, the 428 Cobra Jet was one of Ford's most appreciated high-performance engines duting the original muscle car era. It powered nine Ford, Mercury, and Shelby ...

Any '65-'70 Shelby Mustang is a very special, drool-worthy muscle car. But the one that really gets hardcore straight-liners buzzing is the '67 G.T. 500. Not only was it the first series-produced 428 ...

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 ...