ANSWERBack in 1955, you (or your grandpa) might have posed a very similar question: "Why does that new-fangled small-block Chevy make more peak power and torque at a higher rpm than my trusty Flathead ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

Although Vortec engines fall under the "LS" branding, they aren't actually the exact same as more traditional LS engines made by General Motors.

Choosing the right motor for your project car just got a little easier thanks to Chevy’s latest line of LS Long Block engines, the details of which are highlighted in the following brief video summary ...

Adding displacement is one of the simplest and most effective means of adding horsepower to any engine, let alone an LT1 or LS1 that are both highly responsive to modification. Thankfully GM has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few engine families go down quite so well in the history books as Chevrolet's iconic LS series. The family consists of powerful ...

Its roots can be traced way back to the '50s.

LS Technology sounds like a new concept, but the fact of the matter is that it is over a decade old. GM Truck and SUV owners have been using the engines for years and have not realized it. "LS-Series" ...

Jack Baruth at Road & Track has taken a deep dive into Motus’ small block LS-based V4 engine and the possibilities of such a powertrain—and boy, are the possibilities endless. For the uninitiated, ...

This LS3 had two holes in the block but now it performs like a factory fresh engine. Check it out here on LS1Tech!