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 ...

The early days of LS-swapping were hard. There was little to no aftermarket support, and even simple things like clearing crossmembers required modding the factory oil pan and other bits. By today’s ...

Yeah, we know "LS swap the world!"—but, seriously, in stock form the LS engine isn't very attractive, and its LT cousins are even worse. Hey, GM was trying to churn out a high-performance engineering ...

The Chevrolet Equinox is one of the best-selling vehicles in America. The compact SUV’s combination of value, space, and ease of use are appealing to many consumers. Another key factor to the ...

Recently on V8 Month, our 30-day celebration of all the world's great V8s, we talked about how Chrysler/Mopar losing their HEMI V8 to the EV menace is the auto industry equivalent of a tragedy. But ...

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 ...

Back in 1955, General Motors gave birth to one of America's most iconic engines, the Chevy small-block V8. Among these, the LS series, also known as the third and fourth generations of small block V8, ...

You might already know the LS can be turned into a V12 engine. Factory Five Racing did exactly that, unleashing 750 horsepower from 9.5 liters of displacement and natural aspiration. Now try to ...