Unless you’re new to the hot rodding/high performance auto scene, you know that GM’s LS engine is probably the most popular aftermarket powerplant for GM owners, and perhaps beyond. It doesn’t matter ...

Car Crafthas always been about the underdog. Anybody with a water-cooled checkbook can go out and buy a supercharged LS9 and make big power. That leaves the rest of us looking for a less-expensive ...

This Malibu wagon's goal was to create a tire-ripping, fun-time-having street car—a vehicle to fill with friends to rip burnouts around town and destroy cones on the autocross. After a year of trial ...

Mike was raised with a wrench in his hands working at his father's Chevron service station. He has held positions in all areas of the automotive industry from sales to pumping gas. Mike has also built ...

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 ...

Life doesn't always go as planned. Case in point, our junkyard 5.3L series. Things started out well enough inpart 1, when we replaced the stock cam and springs with an LS9 cam and LS3 springs. This ...

Having finished installing Vortech Engineering's centrifugal supercharger system last time (see "Back in Black, Part IV," Oct. '05), we told you that we were almost ready to hit the streets with ...