It doesn't take long to realize that the pushrod 5-liter engine is still the main focus of the late-model Mustang craze, with the list of stroker combinations long enough to make up a small novel.

For several years HOT ROD has built what we call Junkyard Jewels: engines scrounged out of the junkyard and upgraded with bolt-ons in a step-by-step fashion in an effort to make good power on a ...

Back in the '60s, Ford built 427, 428, and 429 big-blocks all in the same year-and you couldn't blame a then-new enthusiast for wondering why. Now the newbie might wonder what the difference is ...