Owning a classic car, truck, or SUV is a largely joyful experience, but there are definite pitfalls that come with the territory. Having a vehicle that is decades old in your driveway or garage often ...
Smart builders are stockpiling these 5 donor classics for LS swaps: Fox-Body Mustang, RX-7 FC, Monte Carlo SS, 280ZX 2+2, and ...
Ever since Chevrolet started putting LS series engines in the Corvette and Camaro in the late '90s, the durable LS engines have become quite popular for engine swaps. Their six-bolt main bearing caps ...
The early days of LS-swapping were hard. There was little to no aftermarket support, and even simple things like clearing crossmembers required modding the factory oil pan and other bits. By today’s ...
Engine swaps are one of the timeless traditions of hot rodding. Maybe it's dropping in a small-block to replace that six-banger, or big-block instead of a Mouse. There's numerous this-for-that ...
Poet Robert Frost once wrote, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." In other words, you could do an LS swap, but there are so ...
If you're looking for an alternative to the boring Chevy LS engine swap, you might be wondering about the differences between it and Ford's Coyote engine. While you can still buy these V8 engines in ...
We need not bore you with another diatribe about how the Chevy Vega was an unmitigated disaster vehicle for General Motors. But long story short, it's hard to market your cheap subcompact as a true ...
"LS swap everything." I can't count how many times I've seen this phrase every time an article about engine swapping and tuning comes up. There's a good reason for that. LS engines work well and can ...
The fourth-generation Cutlass Supreme embodies the Malaise Era’s drought of exciting cars. Oldsmobile even offered a V8 diesel back then, a mill that suffers from woeful reliability issues and poor ...