The increasing number of stroker crankshafts available is giving builders more options when planning a street-performance or race engine combination. The benefits of a stroker crankshaft, however, ...

Adding displacement and the right camshaft can turn a factory LS3 into a rock-solid powerhouse! Everyone knows LS engines make great power, but those stock crate engines and salvage yard pullouts from ...

When it comes to building an LS-based engine, there are a ton of ways to go about it. The first thing you need to ask yourself is how you want to use it. If hard handling is in your future, then ...

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 ...

Throwing speed parts at stock engines is about as pure as hot rodding gets. From stacking carburetors on utilitarian flat-head Ford engines to bolting a big blower on a world-weary small-block, the ...

You've heard the term compression ratio before, but have you ever wondered exactly what it means? Well, it's time to explain exactly what compression ratio is, and why every carmaker is now obsessed ...