Ron Strayhorn is an ambitious hot rodder. By day he's a mild-mannered executive running GM's western region service and parts operations, but when he's not on the clock, he's scheming new and more ...
It'll Take More Than Just Your Usual Set Of Sockets To Tackle An LS1 Build. Here's What You Need To Put Together A Gen III--And Do It Right. There are many important tools you'll need before beginning ...
Even in this day of digitized keystroke tuning, only a select few wicked-fast street GMs possess these three attributes. It doesn't matter if it's big inches, big boost, or a nitrous motor--chances ...
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 ...
Engineering choices can force automakers to make adjustments down the road, like Chevrolet did with the implementation of ...
Fans of the recently-defunct MotorTrend series Roadkill (R.I.P.) will know that co-host Mike Finnegan named his Gen II Hemi-powered 1955 Chevrolet coupe "Blasphemi." As in the unholy marriage of Mopar ...
It’s no secret that LS engines have exploded in popularity over the past decade, as 4.8-liter, 5.3-liter, 6.0-liter, and ...
BluePrint Engines has been creating crate engines for over 40 years. With that much experience under its belt, it's no surprise that the Nebraska-based engine specialist will revel an interesting ...
Chevrolet introduced the legendary LS V8 engine to the world way back in 1997 as the engine powering the new C5 Corvette. That first engine, the LS1, was a 5.7 liter, aluminum block, pushrod V8 that, ...