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5 most mod-friendly engines you can buy cheap

There’s a time and place for high-dollar builds. For the vast majority of us, that’s not our garages for the foreseeable future. Don’t let that stop you from having fun, though. There are still a ton ...
Hot Rod

From Junkyard V-8s to Pure Chaos: LS Fest West’s Weirdest Oddball and Freak Builds

See the strangest, coolest, and most creative LS engine swaps from the 2026 Holley LS Fest West in Las Vegas, where “LS Swap ...
The Drive

Here’s How to Add 200 HP to a Junkyard LS Engine Without Boost or Nitrous

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 ...
SlashGear

What's The Difference Between An LS And A Vortec Engine?

Over the years, General Motors has employed several eight-cylinder engine designs ranging from the inline "Straight-8" to the current LT1 V8. However, many agree that the small-block LS engines were ...
Autoblog

How an Outdated Pushrod Engine Became GM’s Legendary LS V8

GM’s Chevrolet LS engines redefined the pushrod V8 to give us one of the most dominant performance platforms of the modern era. What we refer to today as the LS family of engines usually refers to the ...