When muscle car enthusiasts talk about the mightiest engines produced by Ford during the 1960s and 1970s, the Boss 351 rarely gets mentioned. However, this underappreciated eight-cylinder gem, which ...

In 1971, Detroit signed the instruments of surrender to the allied evil powers of insurance rates and environmentalists. The 426 Hemi was gone, the Boss Mustangs were sent to the deli shops, and ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

351 Cleveland engines in the four basic configurations: A. 2 barrel; B. 4-barrel; C. Cobra Jet; D. HO or Boss 351. It seems that in the world of high-performance engines, the 351 Cleveland has been ...

In PART I, we detailed the construction of a long-rod, high-compression Ford 351W V-8. Since this was a street-only engine, we purposely set our engineering goals very high. We required full emissions ...

The 351 V8 engines are some of the best-known motors made by Ford, but even Ford fans might not know they came in three distinct types: Windsor, Cleveland, and Modified. The engines may be the same ...