Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

Wrenchers and fans of Chevrolet’s small-block V8s may need to spend a little time today mourning the death of two of the automaker’s popular engines. Reddit user bissellpowerforce first shared the ...

Chevy's LS motors are nigh-on legendary at this point. Compact and versatile despite their meaty power and torque, they're the perfect small-block engine to throw in just about any chassis if you want ...

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 ...

It's dubbed the LS427/570 and sports a number of upgrades over the LS7 engine we saw in production. It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation days, Sean was drawn to anything with ...

From its inception 50 years ago, GM's small-block V-8 has been a mainstay and favorite of the performance world. Nothing, however, in the production history of this respected eight-cylinder icon comes ...

As the first of the rectangle-port cylinder heads that subsequently came through the years (i.e. LS3, L92), the LS7 cylinder head still reigns supreme as the best-flowing two-valve production ...

Extra displacement and a compression bump really wakes up this LS7 engine build. LS7s make great LS-swap mills, but what if 427 cubic inches just isn't enough displacement for you? Well then, what you ...

Push-rod engines like Chevy's LS-series V-8s are famous thanks to their compact design, reliability, low-end torque, and reasonable weight. What they're not so great at doing is revving. That's been ...

Joe Parker is a nationally award-winning journalist and columnist from the Atlanta area. He has served as an automotive journalist for the past four years alongside extensive sports, business, ...