Our recent testdrive of the '08 Corvette (Apr. '08) yielded a torrent of technical questions concerning one key subject: How was Chevrolet able to make significant improvements to the decade-old LS ...

If you recall from our last issue, Chevrolet asked us to go behind closed doors to participate in a dry-sump-LS3 engine build and document the process. The location of our assignment was GM's ...

What is the best bang-for-buck V-8 crate engine you can buy in 2024? The correct answer is Chevy's tried and true swap platform, the “Gen IV” 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 engine. Why the LS3 when there are ...

The Chevrolet Corvette is an American institution. As one of the nation's favorite sports cars, it's been on the scene since the early 1950s. There have been some great Corvettes, and some that are ...

A stock LS3 rec-port intake manifold is hard to beat and only costs $299. When Chevy went back to the drawing board after the success of the cathedral-port Gen III LS1 small-block V-8, it realized ...

The spy shots last week told us what to expect and now GM has unveiled the 2008 Corvette, fitted with a new 6.2L LS3 V8 engine developing 430hp and 575 Nm of torque. Other changes include the option ...

You swap an engine when you want more power, and the GM LS range of engines is, with the Honda K-engines, the logical choice to achieve this. The LS engines are a range of small-block V8s made from ...

Over the years there have been a number of landmark production engines that have found favor with hot rodders—the Flathead Ford, Chrysler Hemi, and the small-block Chevy just to name a few. But there ...