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 ...

The Boss was no regular Ford 302 V8 engine. This ferocious Camaro-hunting V8 was designed when the new Z/28 and its powerful DZ 302 engine were dominating the Trans Am race circuit. A carefully ...

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 ...

The Boss 302 was dubbed ‘Son of Trans Am’ by Ford, and it came out specifically to homologate the 302 small-block V8 engine for the Trans American Championship in 1969 and 1970. After 55 years, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ford Racing is now offering a 302 5.0L V8 crate engine from the truly awesome B0ss 302 Mustang. The fully-built crate engine comes with 11.0:1 compression ratio forged aluminum pistons, a lightweight ...

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 ...

The restoration alone cost $125,000. One of the most highly desired Mustangs to emerge from the muscle car era is the old-school Boss 302. Built as a Trans Am road-racing qualifier, the Boss was the ...

Just a few parts shy of a full-blown race car, the Mustang Boss 302 is a street-legal, high-performance Mustang variant designed for road racing. The Laguna Seca edition is the top-tier model, built ...