A complete guide to the history of the LS and Vortec engine brands, the differences between them, and their components. Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest ...

The General Motors engine family commonly called the LS series debuted in the then-new1997 model year C5 Corvette as the all aluminum LS1 V8. General Motors called it the Gen III small-block V8 and a ...

Back in 1955, General Motors gave birth to one of America's most iconic engines, the Chevy small-block V8. Among these, the LS series, also known as the third and fourth generations of small block V8, ...

Chevrolet introduced the legendary LS V8 engine to the world way back in 1997 as the engine powering the new C5 Corvette. That first engine, the LS1, was a 5.7 liter, aluminum block, pushrod V8 that, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few engine families go down quite so well in the history books as Chevrolet's iconic LS series. The family consists of powerful ...

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Every General Motors LS engine is special, starting with the LS1, a 5.7-liter Gen III small block V8 which debuted in the 1997 C5 Corvette. In 2008, GM released the 6.2-liter LS3 based on the Gen IV ...

There's a reason why gearheads put both LS (not to be confused with LT) and Vortec engines under the same umbrella of "LS", despite GM originally assigning them different badges. (And in case you're ...

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Even with all the LT goodness coming from GMthe go-to mill for engine swaps is still the tried and true LS. After all, LS1s and all their variants are turning up more often in wrecking yards. Hundreds ...

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This video explores how an LS engine is constructed from the ground up, offering an inside look at each stage of assembly. Viewers will learn about the foundational steps involved in creating one of ...