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 ...

We love the Ford 302. Its short, 3.00-inch stroke encourages flinging the tach needle to 7,000 or even 8,000 rpm, and its fat, 4.00-inch bore allows mucho cylinder head breathing. We've punished a ...

One of the era’s nimblest golden-age muscle cars proved a fierce road racing warrior. It was also reborn as a modern Mustang track star. By the tail end of the 1960s, Ford was heavily involved in SCCA ...

Sometimes we stumble onto engine projects in the darnedest ways. In this case, we have a Boss 302 that has been sitting around for more than a decade in at least four different machine shops, as well ...

The Boss 302 also distinguished itself from the standard Mustang thanks to its aerodynamic and cosmetic touches. It was ...

To counter the Chevy onslaught, the decision was made to produce a special version of the Ford Mustang aimed almost exclusively at Trans-Am, whose rules required that ...