The legendary Indy 302 engine had a surprising secret. Mechanics explain the clever engineering detail that made this racing ...

Gas Monkey split into two teams and gave them five days to turn two old Ford Pintos into street-legal drag cars. The rules were simple: use the 302 engines in the shop, no boost, keep leaf springs in ...

Discussing which engine is better between a straight-six and a V8 is something that feels like a plotline from The Fast and the Furious, if the franchise actually cared about cars. It’s “import versus ...

Close-up of valve covers on a Ford 427 "Cammer" engine - The Throttlestop/YouTube "HEMI" and "Chrysler" go together like a horse and carriage. Whether it's the early, first-generation FirePower HEMI ...

Marine engines and automotive engines are as different as Steinway pianos and comedy keyboards that operate by squeezing loud, well-tuned hamsters. They may look the same on the outside, but there's a ...

“I was always enterprising,” he says. “I was the kid who always set up the lemonade stand. When we had to sell stuff for school, I was always top of the list.” At age 12 in 1982, decades before he ...

Let’s go back to the year 1978. A lanky 14-year-old kid slowly rolls his bicycle from the sidewalk onto a Gulf gas station lot for a closer look at the ’69 Torino Cobra shown on these pages. The ...

A 1966 Mustang, once a $50 find, now commands attention on both the street and the drag strip. Tim Blanchard acquired this classic car at the age of 13. After the purchase, it launched a father-son ...

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 ...

Growing up, Motor Trend was basically Chris' bible. With an ever growing TikTok fan base, Chris decided it was time to take the more serious journalistic approach to talking about his favorite subject ...

The 1969 Mercury Cougar is a beloved classic, especially among muscle car enthusiasts. However, there’s one version of this iconic car that stands out even more the Cougar Eliminator. Combine that ...

This 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was refurbished back in 2007, losing its original Boss 302 engine in favor of a 351 ci Cleveland V8. As far as this car being a collectible, the engine swap was ...