From the October 1983 Issue of Car and Driver. Forty thousand feet. Ground speed, 545 mph. We are boring through the atmosphere eastward, ensconced in the leather-lined lap of luxury in one of the ...

You might think that I lost my mind since I’m saying that a 175-hp Fox body was one of the best performance-oriented ‘Stangs of all time. But, unlike other generations, the SVO was a phenomenal ...

Ford's commitment to an overhead camshaft configuration for its V-8-powered passenger cars is being readily addressed by the company's Special Vehicle Operations performance parts division. According ...

We analyze blower pulley sizes, study waste gate options, investigate "safe" impeller speeds, and ensure a spot-on tune for maximum horsepower. Notice you didn't see anything regarding mileage. That's ...

Originally launched as a pony car, the Ford Mustang developed into a fully-fledged muscle car toward the late 1960s. It also grew increasingly larger by 1973 when Ford discontinued the first ...

The muscle car's darkest hour tends to slip from memory these days. Picture this: emissions regulations strangling big-block engines, fuel costs making V8 ownership painful, and the glory days of ...

Corbin Goodwin and Michael Elterman attempted to make a junkyard Ford Mustang SVO faster than the modern EcoBoost version and failed miserably. But don’t let that detract from the coolness of the ...

The Ford Mustang SVO arrived in the mid‑1980s as a turbocharged counterpoint to Detroit’s V8 muscle, and it has since evolved from quirky outlier to a quietly appreciated modern classic. Collectors ...

You may have seen the SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) badge affixed to variants that top certain Jaguars and Land Rovers, but what does that little round insignia actually represent? Well, the SVO ...

We analyze blower pulley sizes, study waste gate options, investigate “safe” impeller speeds, and ensure a spot-on tune for maximum horsepower. Notice you didn’t see anything regarding mileage. That’s ...