5 of the best-value crate engines under $10,000

These durable, high-perfomance engines are available for far less than you might imagine, including the Chevy LS3, Ford ...
Hot Rod

Everything You Need to Know About LS, LSX, and Vortec Engines: Specs, History, Swaps, and More

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...
Motor Trend

A Crate Short-Block is an Easy Way to Get to a Power-Adder–Friendly LS Engine

There is a lot to love about crate engines, including the fact that they come assembled and ready to rock. Even crate short-blocks that require finish assembly, like ...
Motor Trend

Corvette LS3 Engine - Worthy Successor

Our recent testdrive of the '08 Corvette (Apr. '08) yielded a torrent of technical questions concerning one key subject: How was Chevrolet able to make significant improvements to the decade-old LS ...
GM Authority

Katech Engines Releases Its LS3-Based 416 Short Block Engine For $5,899.99

Katech Engines has released its LS3-based, 416-cubic inch short block with a price tag of $5,899.99. That’s a pretty penny, and a fair bit more than the competing 427-cubic inch short block by ...
autoweek

SEMA: GM Performance Parts expands E-Rod crate-engine offerings

One year after introducing the E-Rod LS3 crate engine at SEMA, GM Performance Parts used this year's show to announce even more crate options for hot-rodders with the addition of three new E-Rod ...
GM Authority

This LS3, Though

When tuning an engine, especially a GM small block, the majority of individuals are more concerned with how much power it makes rather than how it looks. But such isn’t the case with Nathan Moreno and ...