Even with all the LT goodness coming from GMthe go-to mill for engine swaps is still the tried and true LS. After all, LS1s and all their variants are turning up more often in wrecking yards. Hundreds ...

The problem with a cam swap, like anything else we want to do with our car, is the expense. While the installation of a typical aftermarket cam is money well spent, and represents one heck of a ...

Turbos and superchargers have made extra power almost easy to come by. Thanks to them, even tiny four-cylinders can make the type of numbers that used to be reserved for big-displacement engines. That ...

Back in January 2022, we introduced you to a really cool 1972 Winnebago Brave Camper that was saved from the junkyard. It was found with an LS swap between the front seats and while that's a cool ...

So why would you want to build an LS engine? Because they are cheap horsepower and easy to build. Over a million trucks were made with V-8-powered LS powerplants since 1998. Tons of aftermarket ...

If you want to dig a few hundred horsepower out of a junkyard to stuff in your project car, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better deal than a GM LS engine. These V8s are plentiful, relatively cheap, ...

While there are more than a few folks out there that approach their build with a deadly serious attitude, wringing their hands over every precious little detail, some enthusiasts are in it just to ...

The third generation of the Pontiac Firebird was produced from 1982 to 1992, and the Trans Am GTA couldn’t do better than 240 horsepower from 5.7 liters of displacement for the final model year. Be ...

There is a certain level of bad idea that takes the bad to a new level. Ideas go in a linear fashion from awesome idea to good idea to regular idea to bad idea, but ideas can get so bad that they go ...

TheLS engine has plenty of aftermarket supportand is a viable alternative to building power reliably in an application that has a very undesirable engine. Heck, the LS engine is fairly compact and ...

Hunting out the easiest cars to LS-swap often means highlighting models which have been converted many times in the past, as this usually means there will be tried-and-tested methods of slotting an LS ...

The venerable LS engine swap is a meme for one very good reason - the LS V8 is a great engine. With its relatively low weight, compact size, big power potential, and a seemingly endless supply of ...