For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...

In 1932, the Ford flathead V8 began production when the expression game-changer wasn't around. Ford's V8 revolutionized the American automotive industry, forcing all its competitors to switch to eight ...

It was considered a major breakthrough when Ford launched its Flathead V8 engine in 1932. Up until that point, V8 engines were expensive and limited to just luxury cars, but Henry Ford wanted one that ...

When the Y-Block V8 debuted in 1954, it boasted a long list of improvements over its predecessor. It was not only more powerful than Ford's previous Flathead V8, but was also significantly more rigid.

Ford Flathead V8s are of archetypal importance to the hot-rodding community, even though they were never that powerful by today’s standards. They gave Regular Joes access to relatively high ...

H. Bob McKray, who has built both race-winning small-block Chevys and Hathead Fords, helps us illustrate the differences between the two hot rodding favorites. "Cams, carburetion and compression," ...