The 2002 model trucks featured in the following roundup have been excerpted from Fleet Owner magazine's comprehensive preview of 2002 commercial trucks. The preview shows that the economic slowdown ...

8 Dec 2021, 06:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The cheap and poorly thought out engineering of the Avalanche's 8.1 liter 330 horsepower Vortec 8100 engine is all too apparent.

Early 2000's American trucks are awesome, and monstrous 8.1 liter V8 Vortec Chevy trucks are even more so. But when the time comes to change the heater core on one of these beasts, the bill can leave ...

Over the years, General Motors has employed several eight-cylinder engine designs ranging from the inline "Straight-8" to the current LT1 V8. However, many agree that the small-block LS engines were ...

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 ...