Martin holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing. Working full-time as an Avionics Technician on fighter jets, he travels using a variety of vehicles, to include: a Camaro ZL1, F-150 FX4, Jeep ...

From the first factory hot rods to today’s supercharged street cars, a handful of engines turned America’s horsepower rivalry ...

The small-block Chevrolet (SBC) V8 has undergone several refinements over the decades since its creation. While every true SBC generation uses the same 4.40-inch cylinder bore spacing, single camshaft ...

Let's take a walk back in time—in 1970, Chevrolet introduced the 454 big-block engine. Unfortunately, this was also when government regs were starting to tighten up, and only a few years before the ...

When it comes to legendary V8s, several of GM's LS engines deserve a spot near the top. Since GM introduced its third generation of small-block V8 engines in 1997, the LS has been a fan favorite ...

When adding upgrades such as a temperature gauge or fuel-injection temp sensors you might just run out of threaded ports in which to screw in the needed extra water temp sensor. It would be nice if ...

I can’t forget my first experience with the soon-to-be-gone Chevrolet LS7 V8 engine. I was only a few months into this whole “automotive journalism” thing and had gone to a media track day at the ...

The LS7 also has to pass a thermal shock testthat flushes engine coolant ranging from about 250 degrees F to -40degrees F through the block while it's running. Even in the elite,low-volume Corvette ...

Chevrolet Performance has discontinued its naturally aspirated 7.0L LS7 and closely related LS427/570 crate engines, GM Authority can confirm. General Motors quietly pulled the plug on both the ...

At first blush it sounds utterly unintuitive: Kneecapping the LS7, by trimming nearly 10 percent from its stroke, in order to build more horsepower. Right. And buying an extended warranty at checkout ...