The Chevy 5.3 liter Gen III engine was installed in thousands of pickups and vans from 1999 through 2007. The majority of them were the RPO LM7 / VIN T engine with the cast iron block, but there were ...

Project Groundhog, Part 1: Cleaning up and machining rusty parts from a 2005-era Chevy truck engine that was literally pulled out of a dirt floor. Except for changes in engines and techniques, this is ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

There are many important tools you'll need before beginning to assemble your first LS1. You already have the majority of these, and they are so generic they don't merit a mention here (various metric ...

GM’s Chevrolet LS engines redefined the pushrod V8 to give us one of the most dominant performance platforms of the modern era. What we refer to today as the LS family of engines usually refers to the ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

When it comes to engines, General Motors' LS family of V-8s is undoubtedly one of the best. LS motors have graced the engine bays of some of the finest performance cars on the planet, and make for ...