The hi-performance 289 had a reinforced block and cylinder ... and F100 pickup as late as 1976. When Ford upgraded the small-block Windsor V8 to 302 cubic inches in 1968, it also introduced ...

And yet, however universally acclaimed it was, the Mustang lacked one critical attribute: high performance. The K-code variant of the 289 ... block lacked the muscle to put the little Ford in ...