Let's face it, the only people who don't love boost are people who haven't tried it. Okay, maybe the "everyone" part is a bit of an overstatement, but there is certainly no denying either the ...
We hear it all the time, that cam profile, intake design or even head porting is for a naturally aspirated motor and doesn't work well on a turbo combination. Is this the reality or simply a crutch ...
General Motors’ LS V8s are beyond commonplace in the car nut universe. People swap them into everything—Porsches included—and while they’re the quickest way to impress on a dyno, they aren’t exactly ...
COMP Cams has released a new upgrade camshaft kit designed specifically for iron block General Motors 4.8L LS V8 engines running an aftermarket turbocharged setup. COMP Cams says its new Stage 2 LST ...
Turbocharging your small block is one of the most exciting ways to unleash serious horsepower. Whether it's an old first-generation 350 small block, a modern LS, or even a Ford Windsor, bolting a ...
You swap an engine when you want more power, and the GM LS range of engines is, with the Honda K-engines, the logical choice to achieve this. The LS engines are a range of small-block V8s made from ...
STS Turbo has announced a rather unique rear-mount twin-turbocharger kit that will fit both the LS1 and LS6 V8 engines found in the C5 Corvette. A rear-mount twin-turbo kit design such as this allows ...
When it comes to pump-gas performance, the name of the game is usually compromise. Unfortunately for turbo LS (or other) enthusiasts, real street (and some track) cars walk that fine line between ...
LS swaps are overrated. There, we said it, seethe if you wish. If we have to see one more perfectly acceptable NC MX-5 be butchered to high holy heaven with an LS engine ham-fistedly squeezed inside, ...
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 ...
Twin turbo systems explained: how they work, why V6 and V8 engines use them, real-world performance gains, and when twin ...