Ford's first V8 ushered in a new era. Here are some of the most interesting models it powered, from the '30s to the '50s.

the car would be a perfect testbed for Motor City Flathead’s upcoming all-aluminum Flathead engine. See All 15 Photos The Shadow Rods team got busy on the chassis, choosing their stamped ...

Flat-plane V8 engines have attained mythical status among car enthusiasts. These engines put out prodigious amounts of ...

The name didn't stick, but the engine did. The flat-twin, boxer, pancake, or horizontally opposed twin engine is still widely used in some of the most complex machines of our time. This is the ...

Mass production and economies of scale are the arch-enemy of specialization. Leaving aside affordability and exclusivity, there’s a reason why annual Ferrari sales barely break into the double ...

Specifics have yet to be learned, but reports say the engine is a derivative of the current 3.8-liter six (shown above) found under the rear decklid of the Carrera S, yet with two fewer cylinders ...

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...

German engineering consultancy FEV displayed a Sytech S415 TC turbocharged flat-four engine bound for production in China this year as a range-extender. A few aisles away, we spotted yet another ...