In the 1960s, no one could argue that cars hadn’t grown huge by defining American engines, and all cars were big, heavy, and steel. Style and comfort really meant a mammoth car built by the Detroit folks that stretched for more than twenty feet of road-eating excess. Everyone was a mile long and couldn’t be […]
How Did America Build a Mid Engine Supercar Around a Massive V8? Inside the Falcon F7
“With the shift from the 1990s into the 2000s, there was a seismic shift in how performance engines are built and marketed,” states engineer Randy Rutz of the F7. “The European brands increasingly favored high-revving, multi-cam designs, while the Japanese brands showed a tremendous proficiency in getting impressive output from turbo powerhouses. In America, engineers […]