Chevy has employed a number of engine series over the years, each intended to improve on its predecessors. What does its ...

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 ...

A teardown of a locked-up GM Vortec 350 reveals bent rods, destroyed bearings, a ventilated block, and why these workhorse ...

When it comes to engine building, cylinder heads are of utmost importance. Here's why Chevy's small-block Vortec heads could ...

Modifications for your 5.3L Vortec V8 engine are a lot like eating potato chips ... you can't stop at just one. It starts innocently enough with a cold air intake, because hey, who doesn't want better ...

For those readers out there who may be scratching their heads, the big red Swedish meatball you see before you is a 1974 Volvo C303, hailing from the automaker’s line of military vehicles. This ...

If you can't get to a salvage yard, or just want to start with a clean, fresh, and rebuilt enginethen you can't go wrong with this Gen I 5.3L Vortec / LS long-block crate engine from Summit Racing (PN ...

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General Motors has been slapped with a new class-action lawsuit over alleged issues with the Vortec V8 engine in its GMT900 platform full-size trucks and SUVs. This lawsuit, which was filed in U.S.

There are many different ways to build an engine, and when the object is a 350 Chevrolet, it would seem they've all been tried. We've seen or read about our share of "low-buck" builds, so the very ...