Motorsport is not just fast cars, adrenaline, and the thrill of the race. It is also the most ruthless development program in the automotive world, where technology gets pushed further in a single ...

Ford introduced the 385 big block V8 engine series in the late 1960s as it phased out the MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block design. The 385 big block, named for the 3.85-inch crankshaft stroke ...

Revology, the company that builds reproduction examples of 1960s Ford Mustangs, has just launched its take on the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429. These days, working examples of the Boss 429 easily fetch ...

Perception and reality are often widely disparate things. That couldn't be truer than with the legendary Boss 429 Mustang and the semi-hemi engine for which it was named. It is the darling of the ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Among the endless parade of classic Mustangs that have made their mark, the Boss 429 sits in a league of its own. This isn’t just another fastback with a stripe package—it was a NASCAR-engineered ...

The Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet V8 engines rank as some of the most powerful engines ever put in the Ford Mustang. In fact, if we limit our discussion to first-gen Mustangs, these engines, both ...

Birthed during the golden era of American muscle, the Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet (SCJ) are among Ford's most iconic motors of all time. Because of their shared displacement, era and appreciation ...

Ford unveiled the Boss 429 in 1969 after NASCAR had disallowed its 427 single overhead cam motor. Decision makers inside Ford were tired of getting whupped in NASCAR competition by Chevrolet's ...