Our recent testdrive of the '08 Corvette (Apr. '08) yielded a torrent of technical questions concerning one key subject: How was Chevrolet able to make significant improvements to the decade-old LS ...
GM's highly-regarded LS3 is one of the company's most celebrated small-block V8 engines. It burst onto the scene in 2008 as the evolution of GM's "Gen IV" LS family and its immediate predecessor, the ...
The small block Chevrolet engine, commonly known as the SBC, was introduced in 1955 as a 265 cubic inch V8 for the Chevy Bel Air and Corvette. While its 195 maximum horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque ...
The Camaro LS3 crate engine makes the LS series of engines legit. Up until now, you had to either spend ahoy on the gigabuck LS7, be happy with the iron 6.0L and its weird truck accessory drive, or ...
Last month Chevrolet Performance sent over two brand new transmissions, a 4L65-E and a 4L85-E to use in some project car builds that we are currently working on. Now it's time to unveil the engines ...
A modified GM LS2 V-8 in the bay of a muscle car. - JoshBryan/Shutterstock There's no shortage of canon behind the GM LS series of V-8s. When the LS1 debuted in the fifth-generation Chevy Corvette in ...
An LS3-powered 1987 Buick GNX tribute with just 1,111 miles is listed on eBay for $189,900, a price that says a lot about how ...
What is the best bang-for-buck V-8 crate engine you can buy in 2024? The correct answer is Chevy's tried and true swap platform, the “Gen IV” 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 engine. Why the LS3 when there are ...
In the 1980s, General Motors reinvented the muscle car with the instant classic turbocharged Buick Grand National. In the 2010s, they modernized off-the-shelf horsepower with the high output LS3 ...
With the majority of the short-block assembled in Part I, the L92/LS3 engine is ready to be completed and then tested on the dyno. To recap the build, in Part I Texas Speed and Performance (TSP) used ...
Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...