Remember my Corvette? The sad, 1985 grand tourer that I just couldn’t stop myself from buying last fall? If you’ve forgotten, I forgive you. For most of the winter, I forgot about this poor car, too.
But as with any modern engine, the key to unlocking the most power from the parts installed lies in the ability to tune the engine-control computer. The industry answered this call with ...
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 ...
Today, it's all about the total package. You wouldn't order your eggs without salt, pepper, and assorted Tabasco sauces, right? Nor can you be a successful football quarterback without the right ...
If you have the faintest appreciation for musclecars, then you know that most car buffs thought the grim reaper of performance had finally reared its ugly head when electronic fuel injection (EFI) was ...
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, ...
You might already know the LS can be turned into a V12 engine. Factory Five Racing did exactly that, unleashing 750 horsepower from 9.5 liters of displacement and natural aspiration. Now try to ...
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, ...