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For My LS Engine Build, Planning Makes Perfect

Remember my Corvette? The sad, 1985 grand tourer that I just couldn’t stop myself from buying last fall? If you’ve forgotten, I forgive you. For most of the winter, I forgot about this poor car, too.
Hot Rod

History of the LS Engine and Cylinder Head Casting Number Spotter’s Guide: LS1, LS6, LS2, LS3, LS4, L99, LS7, LSA, LS9, LQ9, LQ4, L92, L94

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...
TopSpeed

The Best Bang For Your Buck V8 Crate Engine You Can Buy

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 ...
GM Authority

3.6L Four-Cylinder Engine With GM LS Head Makes 500 Lb-Ft Of Torque

BluePrint Engines has been creating crate engines for over 40 years. With that much experience under its belt, it's no surprise that the Nebraska-based engine specialist will revel an interesting ...
The Drive

Grafting an LS Head Onto This Turbo Ford 300 I6 Engine Took Years

General Motors’ LS V8s are beyond commonplace in the car nut universe. People swap them into everything—Porsches included—and while they’re the quickest way to impress on a dyno, they aren’t exactly ...
Palm Beach Post

Florida Man Builds a Working LS V8 Engine Using Only Temu Parts—For Just $700

What happens when you try to build a functioning car engine using only parts from a budget shopping app? One Florida TikToker put Temu to the ultimate test—and against all odds, it actually worked.