Hot Rod

5 Best LS Crate Engines Money Can Buy

Suppose you are a Chevy fan, and you must have a gloriously powerful engine for your Camaro on short notice. Let's also suppose that it has to be a turnkey deal and small enough to fit wherever a ...

5 of the best-value crate engines under $10,000

These durable, high-perfomance engines are available for far less than you might imagine, including the Chevy LS3, Ford ...
TopSpeed

Engine Tear-Down Reveals What Makes The Chevy LS7 Crate Engine So Special

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...
Hot Rod

Rare LS-7 Crate Engine Finally Fired Up After Sitting in a GM Crate for 44 Years

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 ...
Hemmings on MSN

Blueprint Engines unleashes the bulletproof 830 HP 427 LS crate engine

BluePrint Engines has just launched its latest powerhouse, an 830 horsepower, 427 cubic inch LS-compatible crate engine that redefines reliability and raw power in the aftermarket segment. This new ...
TopSpeed

10 Enthusiast Cars That Would Benefit From BPE's Inline-Four LS Crate Engine

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...
Motor Authority

GM reportedly discontinues LS7 V-8 crate engine

General Motors has discontinued the Chevrolet LS7 crate motor, according to a recent report from Road & Track. Part of Chevrolet's prolific series of Gen III small-block V-8 engines, the naturally ...
Jalopnik

Turbo VR6 Crate Engines Are Finally An Interesting Way To Make 550 Horsepower

I'm going to come out here, right now, as an LS swap hater. They're boring, over-done, and just downright uncreative. Oh, you wanted more power, so you added displacement? From the same engine ...
SlashGear

8 Crate Engines That Aren't V8s (But Still Deliver Amazing Power Outputs)

One of the first things you should know about crate engines is that they come in a variety of sizes, configurations, and stages of completion. You can find a crate engine to replace the engine in your ...
Carscoops

Pour One Out For Chevrolet LS7 V8 Crate Engine Because It’s Officially Dead

There’s an almost famous hashtag that simply states #LSSwapEverything. Similar thoughts like LS swap the world and simply LS swap make it clear throughout social media that the Chevrolet LS motor is ...
Motor Trend

Celebrating 20 Years of LS Engines

Gravity affects space-time. That’s basically what Einstein was getting at, and it means that time on Earth passes differently than if you were, say, doing the Star Trek thing out in the vacuum of ...