Engine swaps open up a lot of possibilities for project car builders. One of the most common engine swaps to see is the LS swap, with everyone from drift car builders to drag racers opting to use GM's ...

Wind the clock back a decade, and asking why the LS remained the default swap choice would have been a pointless question. The answer was obvious — engines were cheap, plentiful, aftermarket support ...

Smart builders are stockpiling these 5 donor classics for LS swaps: Fox-Body Mustang, RX-7 FC, Monte Carlo SS, 280ZX 2+2, and first-gen Camaro.

LS swaps are nothing new — if anything, the street performance world has been stuffing GM's finest big-cube V8 in just about anything that would take it for years now. Porsches, E36 BMWs, Mustangs, ...

LS swaps have become, and still are, an integral part of hot rodding in 2026, but why? I mean, the whole concept of swapping in an LS engine went from a few classic Chevys in the early 2000s to just ...

GM’s LS1 engine hit the stage in 1997 with its introduction under the hood of the new C5 Corvette, and the rest was, as they say, history. In 1998 it was the powerplant for the heavily revised ...