Ford’s 428 Cobra Jet Torino arrived at a moment when Detroit was locked in a horsepower arms race and buyers wanted quarter-mile credibility straight from the showroom. By pairing a big-block 428 with ...
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 ...
The last two issues, we brought you Part 1 and Part 2 of Marcus Anghel's exhaustive deep dive into how to detail a 428 Cobra Jet engine to concours level. This month, we wrap up the most comprehensive ...
1969 stands as the moment when Ford took the reins of performance into its own corporate hands, effectively pushing Shelby out of the spotlight. With the Mach 1 and the Boss Bros, Ford didn’t really ...
Back in the late '60s, the American asphalt was basically a high-octane version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. You had the Chevelle SS playing the role of the billionaire playboy of sales, ...
At an asking price of $110,000, this Mustang sits in a competitive bracket for high-displacement Mach 1 models. The inclusion of the 428ci Cobra Jet engine and the desirable Gulfstream Aqua paint ...
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 ...
Looking at the asking price of $165,999 for this survivor requires a healthy dose of market reality alongside our natural automotive enthusiasm. While the 428 Cobra Jet V8 is undeniably a blue-chip ...
The rivalry between General Motors and Ford has played out on drag strips around the nation for decades, and now, a new video is bringing the heat with two classic muscle cars lining up for some ...
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 ...