Engine swaps open up a lot of possibilities for project car builders. One of the most common engine swaps to see is the LS swap, with everyone from drift car builders to drag racers opting to use GM's ...
In our last installment, we set out to build a really big LS engine. How big? Well, in this case a rather voluminous 490 cubic inches. Yep, that’s big-block cubes in a small LS package. The first step ...
Yeah, we get it, LS engines make great power. But our classic Chevy small- and big-blocks just look so cool stuffed between the fenders of our vintage rides. What's a gearhead to do? Well, for ...
Engine swaps are one thing, but dropping a new body on an entirely different chassis and drivetrain is something else entirely. Here’s a good example – while an LS-powered Ford Focus riding on a C5 ...
There seems to be no upper limit to the capability of GM's versatile LS V-8 small-block engine family, both in terms of horsepower output and displacement. Throughout the 1960s, the distinction ...
Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...
Back in 1955, General Motors gave birth to one of America's most iconic engines, the Chevy small-block V8. Among these, the LS series, also known as the third and fourth generations of small block V8, ...