The Ford 427 and 428 share the same FE big-block family badge, yet they were built for very different missions. One was engineered as a racing hammer that lived at high rpm, the other as a ...

Ford’s FE V8s arrived at a moment when American performance was shifting from backyard hot-rodding to factory-built power, ...

Some of the differences between the Ford 427 and the Chevy 427 include the fact that the Ford engine wasn't a true big block ...

For automakers, the 1960s were a time of unbridled power and speed. Prior to the arrival and widespread implementation of emissions control devices in the 1970s, car manufacturers were pumping out a ...

More. Hot-rodding is all about the quest for more, especially when it comes to horsepower. A while back we told you the tale of how Lingenfelter Performance figured out how to stroke the LT2 from the ...

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 ...

Horse Sense:Back in the '60s, Ford built 427, 428, and 429 big-blocks all in the same year-and you couldn't blame a then-new enthusiast for wondering why. Now the newbie might wonder what the ...

Last month, we began our two-part series on how to get 400 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque from a 331ci stroker small-block fitted with factory Ford iron cylinder heads, and we learned something remarkable ...

A contributor to CarBuzz since April 2025, Ben also was a finalist in The Intercooler Young Writer Compition in 2021, has done a placement with AutoCar, and runs his own independant automotive blog.