Ron Strayhorn is an ambitious hot rodder. By day he's a mild-mannered executive running GM's western region service and parts operations, but when he's not on the clock, he's scheming new and more ...

This American power unit has a track-record unlike any other modern V-8 engine.

Among the go-to engines for affordable, reliable V8 swaps, you can't really beat General Motors' LS small-block engine. You can find the things in everything from Mazda RX-7s to classic Minis. A new ...

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 ...

An endangered species due to increasingly stringent fuel economy and emission regulations, the Chevy small-block V8 rolled out in 1964 with a displacement of 265 cubic inches in the C1 Corvette. If ...

The 5.7L LS1 V8 engine was produced by General Motors for use in high-performance vehicles such as the Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette, among others. It is part of GM’s Gen III Small Block engine family ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

For decades, car enthusiasts have debated which engine truly deserves legendary status. BMW loyalists swear by the inline-six for its refinement and balance, exemplified by models like the E46 330i ...