When the people at General Motors Performance Parts introduced their LSX block, a heavy-duty cast-iron piece for the LS engine family, they also threw down the claim that this new piece could reliably ...

The terms Rat and Mouse have been used by enthusiasts to refer to Chevy's big- and small-block engines for decades. But, there is growing use of GM's LS engine family in the rodding world, and that ...

Let us ask you something. What really makes a classic restomod genuinely valuable? Is there a combination of a specific model, model year, and engine swap guaranteed to bring home the big bucks at ...

If there's one thing we love around here, it's small, independent tuning shops turning out quality restomods with the same quality and craftsmanship as more notable, sponsor-backed shops twice their ...

A teardown of a locked-up GM Vortec 350 reveals bent rods, destroyed bearings, a ventilated block, and why these workhorse ...

Hot rodders played with blocks as kids, and still play with them as adults. This vast level of experience notwithstanding, enthusiasts often insist on monkeying around with production blocks. They ...

Chevrolet introduced the legendary LS V8 engine to the world way back in 1997 as the engine powering the new C5 Corvette. That first engine, the LS1, was a 5.7 liter, aluminum block, pushrod V8 that, ...