While you might be able to make a pretty good guess as to why the Ford 427 V8 was called the "side-oiler," the history ...

Still, it's Ford's Indy V8 that dominated open-wheel racing, winning seven Indy 500s during the 1960s and 1970s. Although based on the 221 CID Fairlane V8 production engine, the Indy V8 was easily ...

In 1932, the Ford Flathead V8 helped establish the car ... powered by a Ford engine, mounted behind the driver. The Indianapolis Speedway regulars, aghast, sneered at the British car, backed ...

V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more proletarian vehicles like Ford's Model A and ...

An experimental race engine that was canceled before it got to race, the Mark IIS "Mystery Motor" remains one of the most fascinating V8s built by Chevy ...

Ford’s iconic Coyote V8 engine is unique and impressive, blending environmentally friendly performance with a relatively modest size capable of outputting considerable power. The Coyote V8’s ...

Ford’s last involvement in IndyCar was in the late 2000s when the American manufacturer supplied the 2.65L V8 engine built in partnership with Cosworth. However, with the dawn of the 2010s ...

Honda's been testing the new E100 friendly engines since last year (see related links below). All IndyCar teams will use Honda's V8 HI7R engines again this season, and the engine displacement has ...