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 ...
The terms Rat and Mouse have been used by enthusiasts to refer to Chevy's big- and small-block engines for decades. But, there is growing use of GM's LS engine family in the rodding world, and that ...
It's hard to believe that General Motor's LS series of engines have been with us for 20 years. Introduced in 1997, performance enthusiasts quickly learned all this new design had to offer—these ...
When you think of the words "Kinsler fuel injection," your mind probably recalls the mechanical injection setups of the 1960s and '70s--those ubiquitous isolated-runner systems with ram tubes for each ...
After pulling a 5.3L LS truck engine out of a junkyard, I wanted to find out for myself how easy it was to get it running again. The junkyard guy said that the engine was in fact a 5.3L out of a 2004 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Iconic engines. Think Honda's K-Series, Toyota's 2JZ-GTE, McLaren F1's V12, to name a few. In the last century, America has been the home of several iconic engines, from the Willys "Go-Devil" that ...