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The 1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am brought LS1 power to the platform

The 1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am marked a turning point for GM’s pony car, bringing the all-aluminum LS1 V8 into a platform ...

Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Researchers have finally cracked Fast16, mysterious code capable of silently tampering with calculation and simulation ...
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How an Outdated Pushrod Engine Became GM’s Legendary LS V8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 ...
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What Do The Letters LS Actually Mean In Chevy Engines?

Few engine families go down quite so well in the history books as Chevrolet's iconic LS series. The family consists of powerful small-block V8 engines, and they've been seen in everything from ...
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Can you really build an LS engine from scratch?

In this video, we begin building an LS engine completely from scratch — every bolt, every measurement, every clearance checked by hand. From prepping the block to installing crank, pistons, cam, and ...
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GM LS1 5.7L Engine: Evolution, Specs, & Common Issues Explained

LS1 engine design highlights and basic specs, why it’s such a popular swap, and a basic timeline, from the C5 Corvette to its use in the Australian HSV heroes. The General Motors 5.7 LS1 engine was a ...
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Why Do LS Engines Have Steam Tubes?

When the all-new fifth-generation Chevrolet Corvette had its premiere in 1997, it packed a likewise all-new LS1 V8 engine making 345 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque — which was enough to ...
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BluePrint Engines Is Developing an LS3 V8 and ZF 8-Speed Transmission Combo

BluePrint Engines has been working on mating a ZF 8-speed to the LS3 and other V8s, with plans to launch the combo by this fall. Recently, Hagerty was able to check out the BluePrint Engines Chevy ...
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This Lamborghini Is Fake and Has a Dead LS Engine, Owner Still Wants to Road-Trip It Home

It looks like a Lamborghini, but it has a supercharged LS engine. It is blue, it doesn't run, it doesn't drive, it has been sitting for four years, and it is in the UK. It will arrive by ship in the ...
Motor Trend

Weird Met Awesome and This 3-Cylinder LS-Based Radial-Engine Meyers Manx Is Their Baby

Not a rotary engine. A radial engine. Like you’d find in a vintage piston-powered aircraft. And moreover, it has GM LS1 DNA, too—inside the custom cylinder jugs and triangular crankcase are parts ...
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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 ...
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How Did GM's LS Engines Get Their Name? Here's What We Know

Throughout its storied history, General Motors has produced its share of automobile engines that might be deemed "legendary" by gearheads the world over. But there are arguably legends even amongst ...