The 2006 Corvette Z06 did not stumble into supercar territory by accident. It arrived there by stripping mass out of almost ...

Martin holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing. Working full-time as an Avionics Technician on fighter jets, he travels using a variety of vehicles, to include: a Camaro ZL1, F-150 FX4, Jeep ...

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 ...

Chevrolet Performance has discontinued its naturally aspirated 7.0L LS7 and closely related LS427/570 crate engines, GM Authority can confirm. General Motors quietly pulled the plug on both the ...

There's an old saying among car buffs that "there's no replacement for displacement." Nowadays, that's not exactly true. Forced induction such as superchargers and turbochargers has replaced sheer ...

I can’t forget my first experience with the soon-to-be-gone Chevrolet LS7 V8 engine. I was only a few months into this whole “automotive journalism” thing and had gone to a media track day at the ...

Chevrolet offers a variety of crate motors, but the LS7 will no longer be one of them. Introduced with the C6 Corvette Z06, and then offered in the Z/28 fifth-generation Camaro, the LS7 V8 was a ...

Among Chevrolet's vast lineup of LS-badged small-block V-8 engines, one stands out as the most special: the LS7. Displacing an incredible seven liters (427 cubic inches), the 505-hp motor made a name ...

The LS7 also has to pass a thermal shock testthat flushes engine coolant ranging from about 250 degrees F to -40degrees F through the block while it's running. Even in the elite,low-volume Corvette ...

If the Hellcrate is too low on suck-squeeze-bang-blow for your project car, Mercury Marine’s performance division has something nice for you. Enter the LS7 SB4 7.0, a modified General Motors LS7 ...

The 427ci LS7 V-8 from the '06-up Z06 Corvette is an amazing engine, but packaging one into a traditional hot rod can be difficult with its external oil tank and hoses. And there seems to be a lot of ...

EFI University’s Benjamin Strader had just one goal: to get a GM LS V8 engine to hit 11,000 RPM reliably. The stock redline on an LS7 crate engine is 7,000 RPM, but clearly that’s not enough. “Project ...