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This '71 Chevy Vega Was a Nightmare Car for GM, Can an LS1 Swap Change That?
This '71 Chevy Vega Was a Nightmare Car for GM, Can an LS1 Swap Change That?

4 Mar 2024, 19:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Using a set of custom-fabricated engine mounts, it's actually not all that difficult for LS to swap Chevrolet's most unfortunate attempt at an economy car.

 
It's Hard To Match OCD-Level Crispness on This '66 Chevy Nova SS, Fitments Are Flawless
It's Hard To Match OCD-Level Crispness on This '66 Chevy Nova SS, Fitments Are Flawless

31 May 2023, 12:25 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / This Chevy Nova SS was a cornfield find, and when Mckay and his team finally got to work on it, more than 60% of the sheet metal in this car was replaced

 
This 1972 Chevy C10 Restomod Can Haul Something Other Than Hay Thanks to LS1 Muscle
This 1972 Chevy C10 Restomod Can Haul Something Other Than Hay Thanks to LS1 Muscle

12 Oct 2022, 14:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Extremely tasteful due to its unassuming looks, this LS1-powered C10 blends utility with performance in a vintage-looking package

 
2017 Radio Flyer Wagon Roadster Enters Hot Wheels Legends Tour Finals
2017 Radio Flyer Wagon Roadster Enters Hot Wheels Legends Tour Finals

13 Sep 2022, 15:40 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A man from Arizona built a street-legal, steel-bodied roadster inspired by a Radio Flyer toy. He uses it to take his family to special events

 
This One-Off 1954 Buick Skylark Packs LS1 Muscle
This One-Off 1954 Buick Skylark Packs LS1 Muscle

12 Sep 2022, 21:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Clearly not your period-correct garage queen, this 1954 model year Skylark had its original engine yanked out in favor of an LS1

 
1973 Toyota Celica Is a Chevrolet at Heart, Wins the Hot Wheels Legends Tour in Canada
1973 Toyota Celica Is a Chevrolet at Heart, Wins the Hot Wheels Legends Tour in Canada

19 Jul 2022, 14:57 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / This LS-swapped Toyota Celica goes by the name of Tokyo Trans Am, and now has a good chance of becoming an iconic Hot Wheels diecast vehicle.

 
LS1 Swapped Porsche 944 Takes an Old School Sports Car and Makes It Shred Rubber
LS1 Swapped Porsche 944 Takes an Old School Sports Car and Makes It Shred Rubber

3 Jun 2022, 19:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This particular LS1 engine is most well known under the hood of the C5 Corvette. But in a nice change of pace, this one comes from an early 2000s Camaro.

 
The Cheapest C5 Corvette in the U.S., Saved From the Junk Yard, Sports Red Leather
The Cheapest C5 Corvette in the U.S., Saved From the Junk Yard, Sports Red Leather

24 Jan 2022, 15:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / LS engines are legendary for a very good reason. It's not because they're necessarily the most advanced engines around either

 
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Hides Something Totally Unexpected Under the Hood
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Hides Something Totally Unexpected Under the Hood

15 Feb 2021, 07:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This ’69 Chevelle with SS emblems has been gifted with an LS21 5.7-liter Corvette engine and a new automatic transmission

 
1964 Citroen DS With LS V8 Crate Engine Swap Isn’t Your Typical French Hot Rod
1964 Citroen DS With LS V8 Crate Engine Swap Isn’t Your Typical French Hot Rod

27 Jan 2021, 16:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Probably the most customized DS you'll ever lay eyes upon, this 1964 model reportedly packs 400-plus horsepower from an LS1 small-block V8

 
1979 Chevrolet Camaro Mixes LS1 V8 With C4 Corvette Independent Rear Suspension
1979 Chevrolet Camaro Mixes LS1 V8 With C4 Corvette Independent Rear Suspension

28 Jul 2020, 19:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An old Chevy Camaro with LS power and IRS from a fourth-generation Corvette? Indeed, this one-of-a-kind pony has both of them

 
This 1970 Chevy Camaro RS Hides LS1 Engine Under Slick Cowl Induction Hood
This 1970 Chevy Camaro RS Hides LS1 Engine Under Slick Cowl Induction Hood

20 Jul 2020, 14:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you want the looks of the 1970 Camaro over the original and the performance of the sixth-gen SS, this restomod is right up your alley

 
Chopped 1967 Camaro Has V12 LS1 Engine and Suicide Doors
Chopped 1967 Camaro Has V12 LS1 Engine and Suicide Doors

7 Jul 2020, 15:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In case you're wondering, the V12 is made out of two LS aluminum blocks that had been chopped into V6. Just about everything else is custom

 
Bumpside 1969 Ford F-100 With 1,000 HP Chevy LS1 Motor Is Pro-Touring Perfection
Bumpside 1969 Ford F-100 With 1,000 HP Chevy LS1 Motor Is Pro-Touring Perfection

5 Jun 2020, 19:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's hard to tell what hides under the hood of this F-100 only by looking at is, but once fires up, the ProCharged LS1 sings to the tune of more than 1,000 HP

 
Extra-Wide 1967 Mustang "Rebel" Rat Rod Is Powered by LS1
Extra-Wide 1967 Mustang "Rebel" Rat Rod Is Powered by LS1

23 May 2020, 18:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This car shoes zero respect for how people think a classic Mustang should be modified, has a raw metal body, tubular chassis and LS1 engine

 
Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Jalpa Is a Drag Racing Freak, Has LS1 Engine
Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Jalpa Is a Drag Racing Freak, Has LS1 Engine

25 Sep 2019, 17:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In factory trim, the Lamborghini Jalpa is a 15s car (think: quarter-mile shenanigans). Well, the owner of this toy wanted to trim that number to around 9s

 
A Guide to the GM LS Engine Family
A Guide to the GM LS Engine Family

28 Dec 2015, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ever since the V8 came to light at the beginning of the 20th century, no other eight-cylinder motor is as popular as the GM LS line of small-block V8s

 
1977 Toyota Pickup Receives Turbocharged LS1 V8 And Crown Victoria Suspension
1977 Toyota Pickup Receives Turbocharged LS1 V8 And Crown Victoria Suspension

15 May 2017, 13:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While it may not be fit for work, this blast from the past will easily smoke Mustang GTs and Camaro SSs without breaking a sweat

 
Nissan Silvia Powered by Turbo LS1 V8 Demonstrates Australian Burnout Madness
Nissan Silvia Powered by Turbo LS1 V8 Demonstrates Australian Burnout Madness

2 Oct 2015, 08:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If the Earth stops spinning, we mustn’t fret - the Australian petrolheads are so in love with hooning that they’ll sort things out for us