The Drive

Here’s How to Add 200 HP to a Junkyard LS Engine Without Boost or Nitrous

Turbos and superchargers have made extra power almost easy to come by. Thanks to them, even tiny four-cylinders can make the type of numbers that used to be reserved for big-displacement engines. That ...
Motor Trend

Budget Field-Find Engine Rebuild: Saving an LS Chevy Truck Engine That Was Sitting in the Dirt

Except for changes in engines and techniques, this is the same story that HOT ROD has been publishing for 75 years. This story never gets old because it's constantly evolving and improving the process ...
Hot Rod

Long-Block Assembly on a Field-Find Budget LS Engine Rebuild

When we left Project Groundhog at the end ofPART 1, we had just finished assembling the short-block. To briefly sum up the scope of the build, we started with a down-in-the-dirt (literally) Gen III ...
SlashGear

The Best And Worst Years For The General Motors Vortec 5.3 Engine

In general, the General Motors Vortec 5.3-liter V8 is a powerful, dependable engine. If you're not familiar with General Motors' Vortec engines, they are a family of small-block V8s that GM put into ...