The Boss 302 name has always stood for a particular kind of Mustang, one that trades brute-force excess for a sharp, almost single-minded focus on going quickly around a circuit. From its original ...

Chrysler may have trademarked HEMI, but the Detroit carmaker did not invent hemispherical engines, which appear in numerous ...

Ford’s Boss 302 V8 arrived as a purpose-built weapon for road racing, yet it ended up redefining what a small-block could be on both track and street. By blending high-rpm cylinder heads with a ...

Fantastic sound. The smell of burnt rubber. Ridiculous power. Chrysler's HEMI V8 family had all of these traits since the first 331-cid (5.4-liter) FirePower unit entered production in 1951. The ...

To counter the Chevy onslaught, the decision was made to produce a special version of the Ford Mustang aimed almost exclusively at Trans-Am, whose rules required that ...

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has acknowledged that the team’s engine project for 2026 is a “crazy” undertaking. A project first announced two-and-a-half years ago, with Horner the figurehead ...

After 40 years in storage, Matt Jennings’ 1970 Boss 302 is back on the road. Courtesy Chuck and Matt Jennings By his own admission, Matt Jennings acted like a “knucklehead” as a pre-teen, spending ...

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 ...

Might Ford be preparing a modern Mustang Boss for the seventh-generation Mustang lineup? A trademark filing for the “Boss” designation made by Ford on Jan. 15 with the United States Patent and ...

According to our friends at Ford Authority, Ford Motor Company has filed a trademark for the “Boss” name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Filed on January 15th, 2025, under serial ...

Last year, Ford made many a car builder happy by releasing the Mustang's 5.0 as a crate engine. Now, taking the program to the next level, the blue oval has added the big, bad 444 hp Boss 302 5.0L V8 ...