Once upon a time Ford Motor Company needed a solution to its extensive menu of V-8 engine families. There were simply too many engine types—the 90-degree Fairlane V-8 (221/260/289/302ci small-block), ...
A lot of energy has gone into making small-block Fords perform better during the past 44 years. Those first small-block Fords-the 221 and the 260 Fairlane V-8s from 1962-were fairly tame with an ...