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Live Thread: One week with a 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat Tremor

We have a 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat Tremor for a week. What do you want to know?

You Need This: Like a Fiesta ST sedan?

Today's pick is a car powered by a 1.6-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine that’s backed by a six-speed manual. Fiesta ST? Not quite–try a Ford Fusion.

You Need This: British on the outside, turbo Miata on the inside

Underneath the skin of this patinaed Ford Squire is the chassis and drivetrain of a turbocharged NB Miata.

You Need This: Saleen’s “nitrous-ready” N2O Focus

The N2O Focus is what happens when you give a Ford ZX3 the Saleen treatment.

You Need This: Old-school, rear-drive Ford Fiesta

This Ford Fiesta has plenty of old-school, Rad-era character to go around.

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Ford articles

Features: Street Fight: A look back at the earlier days of SCCA Street Touring

What were the early days of SCCA Street Touring autocross like? We were there.

Buyer's Guides: S197 Ford Mustang Buyer's Guide: The best bang for the buck?

The S197 Ford Mustang has plenty to offer, and here's what you need to know to make them even better.

News and Notes: Is the Ford Festiva really just a front-wheel-drive Miata?

Cheap speed? How about a turbo Festiva? It kinda uses a Miata engine.

Shop Work: What we've learned after a lifetime of project cars

What wisdom have we gleaned from years of GRM project cars? We're glad you asked.

Features: How to assemble a race-ready drivetrain

Assembling a drivetrain for a race car? Here's when you can save a few bucks–and when you shouldn't.

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Ford project cars

1965 Mustang Fastback

Why a vintage race Mustang? Cool sounds, cool vibe. And rather zippy, too.

2022 F-150 Lightning XLT

Just how futuristic is the Ford F-150 Lighting? Our website doesn't have a way to properly display the specifications for an electric powertrain.  

2001 F-250

Vans are great and all, but we wanted more power, more space, and four-wheel-drive. We're turning this truck into the ultimate racing hauler. 

2006 E-250

What started out as a simple magazine hauler has evolved into Super Van, our attempt at making the perfect car hauler for not a lot of money.

1973 F-350 Ramp Truck

We weren't necessarily looking for a unique support vehicle, but we found one anyway when we came across this 1973 Ford F-350 ramp truck.

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Putting our Mustang through its first track test

As we soon found out, while effective at moving the exhaust away from the car, the exhaust system we fabricated for our Mustang is very loud and certainly not street …

Ford F-150 Lightning: Truck of the future? We bought one to find out

Just how bad of an idea is buying and living with an electric truck? We bought one for ourselves to find out–you know, for science.

More specifically, back in June …

Modern digital gauges: A better way to monitor our Mustang?

Our Mustang needed some gauges. Gotta know what’s going on under the hood, right?

Prosport Gauges is a newer customer here at GRM, so we …

How to install a harness and window net

Our Mustang vintage racer had a seat, but what else did we need to keep the driver secure? That’s right, a harness and, should things go sideways, a window …

Have you thought about your roll bar padding lately?

To complete our Mustang’s safety gear, we would need to install roll bar padding. This padding has come a long way since we installed what essentially seemed like …

Ford Forum Topics

Building a Ford V10 4-valve Motor
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(Horse-related pun thread title) - 2005 Mustang GT build thread
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Is an Electric Pickup Truck A Terrible Idea? (My 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Build Thread)
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my favorite toy, unfortunately spun it, 3/23/24 turn 8 PIR , oregon during track day, going thru claim process with Haggerty insurance, seems it takes 4 weeks to go thru …

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