V8 buying paths fall into four buckets: a brand-new crate engine, a remanufactured long block, a used or “takeout” engine, or a custom rebuild, and the right path depends on whether you want ...

A man much wiser than myself once said something to the tune of "On a long enough timeline, everything gets an LS." This obviously applies to cars and trucks. But it also applies to more oddball stuff ...

The Pontiac Grand Prix was one of the automaker's muscle-car-with-a-suburban-veneer vehicles with more under the hood than casual observers might guess. Manufactured since 1962, the Grand Prix evolved ...

Originally from Britain, Dave is no stranger to a little rain. So he swapped the UK for France and then Spain. When he's not busy driving much larger commercial vehicles or pretending to be a musician ...

LS swaps are overrated. There, we said it, seethe if you wish. If we have to see one more perfectly acceptable NC MX-5 be butchered to high holy heaven with an LS engine ham-fistedly squeezed inside, ...

You may remember a small independent film called Drive, where Ryan Gosling stars as a getaway driver and stunt man. The film featured several notable cars, including the 2011 Ford Mustang GT with its ...

While the 5.3L LS4 V8 was the first car engine to feature Active Fuel Management (cylinder deactivation) technology, it was not Flex Fuel capable and did not have variable valve timing. As mentioned, ...

The increasing number of stroker crankshafts available is giving builders more options when planning a street-performance or race engine combination. The benefits of a stroker crankshaft, however, ...

But, just how much abuse can the stock block take before it blows? We all know that truck motors are absurdly strong when it comes to throwing performance parts at them. The iron block truck motors ...

YouTube user AGearHead4Life aka Mark Burch posted a step-by-step video of his LS swap on his 1986 Chevy C10 truck. After finding it in a field, Burch breathed new life into the pickup by putting in a ...