It's only natural that the retro styling of the Gen 5 Camaro inspires modifications and personalization from an earlier era. That's why about 85 percent of the cars are rolling these days with ...

The story behind the legendary LS7 V8, the last big-displacement engine before emissions rules changed the game.

Let's take a walk back in time—in 1970, Chevrolet introduced the 454 big-block engine. Unfortunately, this was also when government regs were starting to tighten up, and only a few years before the ...

When adding upgrades such as a temperature gauge or fuel-injection temp sensors you might just run out of threaded ports in which to screw in the needed extra water temp sensor. It would be nice if ...

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 ...

It's dubbed the LS427/570 and sports a number of upgrades over the LS7 engine we saw in production. It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation days, Sean was drawn to anything with ...

When it comes to legendary V8s, several of GM's LS engines deserve a spot near the top. Since GM introduced its third generation of small-block V8 engines in 1997, the LS has been a fan favorite ...

The fact that nostalgia is big business has not been lost on the marketing team at Chevrolet. One need only look at their most recent ZL1, ZR1 and (the focus of this story) LS7 to see that they are ...

The small-block Chevrolet (SBC) V8 has undergone several refinements over the decades since its creation. While every true SBC generation uses the same 4.40-inch cylinder bore spacing, single camshaft ...