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 ...
Just about 27 years ago, the Lexus brand established itself by bringing the LS full-size luxury sedan to market. No less than 2,300 technicians, 1,400 engineers, 200 support workers, and 60 designers ...
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 ...
We like to think that words such as "cheap" or "easy" apply to some of the things we do with our cars. When it comes to budget builds, the LS family of engines is a great platform, especially when a ...
Over here at HOT ROD we love a crazy idea, so when we saw a guy, Ken Hutchison, on social media starting to figure out how to slice and dice an LS head to work on a 300-inch straight-six Ford engine ...
The LS engine, originally designed for General Motors’ vehicles in the late 1990s, has transcended its initial purpose to become the most popular swapped powerplant in automotive history. Its ...
The LS made Lexus a household name. In production since 1989 for the 1990 model year, the full-size luxury sedan was referred to as F1 back in 1983 when Toyota chairman Eiji Toyoda greenlit the ...