A good V8 is hard to kill, especially if it’s a naturally aspirated (NA) one, meaning no turbocharging and no supercharging.

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What started as a simple oil change recall on GM’s popular L87 6.2L engines may now be snowballing into something much bigger, and something that's much more expensive. According to a surprising ...

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Swapping an LS engine into a car is popular among folks inclined to do such things. It's a great way to gain the horsepower potential and reliability that makes the General Motors LS engines so ...

Turbos and superchargers have made extra power almost easy to come by. Thanks to them, even tiny four-cylinders can make the type of numbers that used to be reserved for big-displacement engines. That ...

The naturally aspirated V6 may be slowly going extinct, but the naturally aspirated V8 is on a collision course with the end of time. Right now, there are just 31 separate vehicles you can buy with ...

In general, the General Motors Vortec 5.3-liter V8 is a powerful, dependable engine. If you're not familiar with General Motors' Vortec engines, they are a family of small-block V8s that GM put into ...

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The 5.3 Vortec engine is manufactured by the General Motors Company, also known as GMC. It is a model from the range of LS-based small-block engines and has been in production for the past 15 years or ...