These days we're surrounded by mega-buck high-end builds, so it becomes easy to forget that the essence of hot-rodding is going fast on the cheap. Yeah, we can appreciate the big-money builds, but for ...

Compared to the late Mustang, Ford's Ranger pickup is lighter overall, with a lower center of gravity. By adding Koni shocks, front and rear sway bars, good rubber—plus a V8 "surprise" under the ...

While the Explorer 5.0-liter V8 swap is the most common Ranger V8 swap by a country mile, there are other options out there. Some people with first-generation Ford Rangers have lowered carbureted 302 ...

Ricardo PLC is a company that often gets ignored by the casual four-wheeled enthusiast. Headquartered in a West Sussex coastal town, the British outfit was contracted by the Ford Motor Company to ...