Project Groundhog, Part 2: Buttoning things up with the installation of heads, valvetrain, and intake on our rescued 2005-era Chevy LS truck engine. When we left Project Groundhog at the end ofPART 1, ...
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 ...
Now that the LS has burrowed deeply into just about every facet of Chevrolet performance, making power means spinning wrenches and swapping parts. That’s where the power theory runs right into ...
The most enduring engine in automotive history is about to change. The small-block Chevy is and will continue to be the most popular powerplant in the history of racing and high performance, but its ...
Every General Motors LS engine is special, starting with the LS1, a 5.7-liter Gen III small block V8 which debuted in the 1997 C5 Corvette. In 2008, GM released the 6.2-liter LS3 based on the Gen IV ...
The venerable LS engine swap is a meme for one very good reason – the LS V8 is a great engine. With its relatively low weight, compact size, big power potential, and a seemingly endless supply of ...
New generations of small-blocks are generally accompanied by fanfare, ticker-tape parades, and claims of the greatest thing since Nutella hit sliced bread. But will some ignore the Gen V release as a ...
Introduced in 1995 with few commonalities between it and the small-block V8 architecture, the LS engine family soldiers on to this very day although General Motors refers to the latest evolution as ...