Hot Rod

Building a 6-71-Blown, 427-Inch Dart LS Street Engine

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 ...
Hot Rod

Building A GM Performance LSX Engine- The New Rodent

As we'll illustrate in this story, the LS engine is capable of producing big-block-style displacement and power in a small-block-sized package. It seems like something larger than a mouse yet smaller ...
SlashGear

What's The Difference Between An LS And A Vortec Engine?

Over the years, General Motors has employed several eight-cylinder engine designs ranging from the inline "Straight-8" to the current LT1 V8. However, many agree that the small-block LS engines were ...
SlashGear

Is The 6.2 LS Engine Any Good? Here's What Owners And Mechanics Say

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 ...
Jalopnik

What Do The Letters LS Actually Mean In Chevy Engines?

Few engine families go down quite so well in the history books as Chevrolet's iconic LS series. The family consists of powerful small-block V8 engines, and they've been seen in everything from ...
Autoblog

How an Outdated Pushrod Engine Became GM’s Legendary LS V8

GM’s Chevrolet LS engines redefined the pushrod V8 to give us one of the most dominant performance platforms of the modern era. What we refer to today as the LS family of engines usually refers to the ...