Ron Porter has been around fast cars for as long as most car guys have been alive. He has turned many wrenches, painted many panels, and driven many drag cars over the years but decided to build a ...

After the Corvair of Unsafe at Any Speed fame, Chevrolet came up with the Nova to take on the Ford Falcon. The X-body model is a popular project car these days, and the restomodding scene can’t get ...

The allure of swapping a third- or fourth-generation small-block Chevrolet V-8 "LS" engine into a vehicle not born with one has its roots in two classic motivations: curiosity and necessity. In the ...

Owning a classic car, truck, or SUV is a largely joyful experience, but there are definite pitfalls that come with the territory. Having a vehicle that is decades old in your driveway or garage often ...

The venerable LS engine swap is a meme for one very good reason – the LS V8 is a great engine. With its relatively low weight, compact size, big power potential, and a seemingly endless supply of ...

Engine swaps open up a lot of possibilities for project car builders. One of the most common engine swaps to see is the LS swap, with everyone from drift car builders to drag racers opting to use GM's ...

Poet Robert Frost once wrote, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." In other words, you could do an LS swap, but there are so ...

Since it came out in 1997, the LS engine family has altered the landscape of Chevrolet performance almost as much as Gen I series small-block. It's a great performer in modern vehicles, but its ...

Building a custom car is a very personal thing, and in the end, it’s about making the owner happy, and nobody else. Such is the case with this 1966 Chevy II Nova restomod, as seen in the following ...

Editor Steven Rupp traced a line in the sand; "What's the cheapest LS swap you could do?" It was a challenge we had to accept. Spending money is easy. The simple route for an LS swap is to just plunk ...