This video explores how an LS engine is constructed from the ground up, offering an inside look at each stage of assembly.

Here are the top 10 common problems found in LS truck engines. Learn what to watch for, typical failures, and how to keep ...

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 ...

It's hard to believe GM's "new" small-block has been with us for 17 years, and as the years have passed, its acceptance into the hot rod fraternity has been overwhelming. It wasn't always that way.

When you think of the words "Kinsler fuel injection," your mind probably recalls the mechanical injection setups of the 1960s and '70s--those ubiquitous isolated-runner systems with ram tubes for each ...

In our last installment, we set out to build a really big LS engine. How big? Well, in this case a rather voluminous 490 cubic inches. Yep, that’s big-block cubes in a small LS package. The first step ...

General Motors has been producing small block V6 and V8 engines since the mid-1950s, and over the last 70 years of their existence, they have been through a great number of changes. The biggest shift ...

Not every great idea nails it on the first try. Henry Ford designed and built nine vehicles before perfecting his formula with the Model T, and the Corvette didn’t even offer a V-8 engine until its ...

The term Vortec signals that a Chevy engine is using Vortex technology, which employs a circular motion within the cylinder ...