It's fitting that during the 50th anniversary year of the small-block Chevy, arguably its two greatest variations have been released. First, the 400hp 6.0L LS2 arrived for the '05 model year in the ...

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...

When it was introduced for the 1997 model year in the then-new fifth-generation Corvette, the Gen III small-block was indeed a revolution. It was the first redesign of the basic small-block ...

Chevrolet started making small block V8 engines all the way back in the mid-1950s and has had many different generations in that time. For over 40 years, Chevrolet made different sizes and variations, ...

Besides cars from the aforementioned GM brands, GM also sold, and continues to sell, the LS3 as a crate engine through ...

In 2005, GM has banished the old 5.7-liter V8 and made it better by adding 0.3-liters and about 50 horsepower. We’ve seen the LS2 engine find a home in the C6 Corvette, give the GTO and SSR a power ...

Whether they add any performance or not, V8 swaps are certainly the most controversial engine modifications available. The “no replacement for displacement” crowd will drool and the purists will scoff ...

Yes, you’ve read that title correctly, and no, Mercedes-AMG hasn’t gone mad to use a Chevrolet LS2 V8 in its latest production track monster. Having said that, the heavily redesigned M178 mill in the ...