A Guide to Ford Performance Parts Crate Engines

While General Motors’ LS engines tend to be the popular choice today for engine-swap projects, there remain large numbers of Blue Oval loyalists who look for Ford-built crate engines for their particular brand of giddy-up. Ford Performance offers an array of crate motors for your engine-swapping pleasure, and they’re grouped into families, including Modular engines, Boss

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Mailbag: Tracking Down Common Causes of Sluggish Engine Response

Q: I recently rebuilt a Mustang 5.0L engine. I had it bored from .03o-inch over and installed a Ford Performance Parts E303 camshaft, Melling high-volume oil pump, Edelbrock intake, Holley 600 cfm carburetor, and a complete MSD Ignition system. The heads have 2.02-inch/1.60-inch valves, the headers are one-and-5/8-inch shorties, and the fuel pump is a Carter electric

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Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying Chevy El Camino Model Years

The Chevrolet El Camino wasn’t the first American “coupe utility pickup” vehicle—the Ford Ranchero beat it by two years—but it’s probably the most famous. Is it a car? A truck? Who can tell? And does it even matter? The distinctive Elco has a look all its own. It has been featured in auto magazines and blogs,

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Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1968 Mustang Fastback GT & 1973 Camaro

A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. On Wednesdays, we’ll share our parking lot find of the

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Video: A Closer Look at Billet Specialties Win Lite Wheels

Billet Specialties Win Lite Wheels provide a fresh, yet classic head-turning design featuring the contrast from an anodized black finish offset by brilliant precision machining. The end result are the newest lightweight wheels available. Billet Specialties offers them in both 15-inch and 17-inch options, as well as in both single- and double-bead-lock options. The company introduced them

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Ford Poised to Axe V6 for 2018 Mustang, Leaving These Engine Options

It appears the Ford Mustang lineup will no longer include a V6 option beginning in model-year 2018, setting up the 2.3L EcoBoost as the entry-level option moving forward. Ford officials have declined to comment on the change, but according to several reports, all Ford Mustang body type codes for the 3.7L V6 come up invalid

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