The third generation GM small block is one of the most famous engine series under the sun, and for good reason. The third-gen's strength, power, and versatility took the GM small block to heights that ...

General Motors introduced the third-generation small-block V8 engine, the 5.7-liter LS1, in conjunction with the new C5 Chevrolet Corvette in 1997. That launch marked the beginning of the LS engine ...

For the past several months HOT ROD and Duttweiler Performance have been evaluating the performance potential of the widely available 6.0L LS-series truck engine. Beginning with a stock 355hp/396 ...

We recently had a chance to crawl all over a new ride to the Chevy High Performance stable, an LS-powered 1966 Chevelle SS clone, owned by our own associate publisher, John Barkley. The basics include ...

This is not the story that we planned. General Motors' 4.8/5.3-liter LS-based blocks are relatively plentiful in the junkyards, but the larger displacement 6.0-liter LQ4 and LQ9 engines are tougher to ...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've no doubt been regaled with the benefits of Chevrolet's LS-based engines. To be honest, all the hype is entirely justified. They are simply better in ...

Although Chevrolet and GMC’s series of C/K pickup trucks nailed a long and prosperous life between 1960 and 2002, GM only allowed the creation of a total of four generations. But that was still enough ...

An endangered species due to increasingly stringent fuel economy and emission regulations, the Chevy small-block V8 rolled out in 1964 with a displacement of 265 cubic inches in the C1 Corvette. If ...