[portfolio_slideshow id=45928] Ford’s timeless FE series big-block has been making legendary amounts of power for nearly 60 years with those first examples showing up for ’58 in Ford, Mercury, and Edsel. Early on, displacement wasn’t much to write home about with its 332-, 352– and 361-cubic-inch options. However, Ford engineers and product planners quickly went to work
Whether it’s an old-school Windsor block, vintage FE, or modern modular motor, your Ford engine is only as strong as its crankshaft. Without a good, strong crankshaft, your high performance Ford engine can experience a complete and total meltdown. That’s why it’s important that you match your crankshaft to your specific application and performance expectations. Whether
Project Thunderbolt lives. Over a span of nine months, Tom Tharp of Tom’s Turbo Garage built an LS3 V8-powered Mazdaspeed Miata. Think of it as a modern interpretation of great V8 sports car like the Shelby Cobra and the Sunbeam Tiger. “In my eyes this is the perfect sports car…one I had been building in
Our friends at Auto Revolution are hosting live video streaming of the C10 build on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27. The challenge: to assemble the entire truck from a bare chassis into a running vehicle in two days, then drive it over 350 miles to a all-C10 show and shine truck event on
[portfolio_slideshow id=43756] In this episode, you’ll see the most thrilling, yet nerve wracking moments a car guy will ever experience—the first start and drive of a newly built car. But we had some work to do before turning that key. We finished the rear section of the exhaust, reinstalled the stock interior bits, added a Moroso
In this action-packed update, we finished up the bulk of our electrical work by finding a home for all of the wires that run into the cabin. Included in this bird’s nest is the drive by wire gas pedal wiring, speedometer and gauge wiring, fuel pump lead, and ECU outputs. After Fun with Wiring, we plumbed
[portfolio_slideshow id=42679] In the first segment of Desert Bronco, we introduced Marc Sorger and the 1984 Bronco he was cutting up, er, modifying for desert and short-course racing in his home state of Oregon. As Marc explained in that story, the 1978-96 full size Broncos are popular as desert racers and prerunner vehicles due to their
We’ve turned the hustle knob up to 11 to get Project Thunderbolt on the road before the next ice age. First on this episode’s task list are the suspension’s rear control arms, which needed a thorough restoration and some stiffer bushings to help reign in our newfound LS horsepower. We installed the refreshed rear control
Editor’s Note: Mike Mavrigian has been building and writing about engines almost as long as there has been internal combustion. Mike’s shop, Birchwood Automotive, specializes in street performance and racing engines as well as vehicle restoration. As you’ll see in this article series, he includes a wealth of information on his engine builds. In Part
Up to this point you’ve seen me tear down, tear apart, strip, cut, beat, weld, and paint my Miata to prepare the car for its new Chevrolet Performance LS3/T56 Magnum six-speed drivetrain. Now that we are done test fitting and modifying things, reassembly can begin. The work is going to happen quickly from here on
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