In 1969, Ford gave its Mustang a high-revving, race-derived, 302-cubic-inch V-8, and the resulting Boss 302 became something of a legend. Ford is resurrecting the famous nameplate for the 2012 model ...

We love the Ford 302. Its short, 3.00-inch stroke encourages flinging the tach needle to 7,000 or even 8,000 rpm, and its fat, 4.00-inch bore allows mucho cylinder head breathing. We've punished a ...

One of the era’s nimblest golden-age muscle cars proved a fierce road racing warrior. It was also reborn as a modern Mustang track star. By the tail end of the 1960s, Ford was heavily involved in SCCA ...

It was one of Ford's best-kept secrets. In fact, team members were not even allowed to use the "B-word" in company meetings or hall conversations, although Ford dealers got a private hint during a ...

When Ford developed the original Boss 302 for the 1969 and 1970 model years, it needed to homologate a production car for the Mustang race car contesting the Trans-Am series, and it wanted to beat the ...

This 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was refurbished back in 2007, losing its original Boss 302 engine in favor of a 351 ci Cleveland V8. As far as this car being a collectible, the engine swap was ...

Say what you will about the first-generation Mach 1 or the Shelby GT350/GT500 duo, there’s just something about the Boss 302 specification that may just make for the perfect late-first gen Mustang. It ...

Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...

Themistoklis is passionate about everything that has 4 wheels. He has a postgraduate degree in Automotive Engineering and was the founder of the only University Automotive Union in Greece. He has also ...

The racing series had under- and over-2.0-liter classes, with all of the V-8-powered American iron running in the latter, which allowed displacements of up to 5.0 liters. Those were exciting times, on ...

"I grinned when I read the VIN, 0F02G100081, followed by the words, 'Cleveland Intro Show, Cleveland Sheraton' from an issue ofMustang Monthlya couple years ago." Bob Waters immediately recognized the ...