We like to think that words such as "cheap" or "easy" apply to some of the things we do with our cars. When it comes to budget builds, the LS family of engines is a great platform, especially when a ...

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 ...

This is not the story that we planned. General Motors' 4.8/5.3-liter LS-based blocks are relatively plentiful in the junkyards, but the larger displacement 6.0-liter LQ4 and LQ9 engines are tougher to ...

The third generation of the Pontiac Firebird was produced from 1982 to 1992, and the Trans Am GTA couldn’t do better than 240 horsepower from 5.7 liters of displacement for the final model year. Be ...