Here’s proof a healthy, big-inch motor can out muscle even the likes of a blown LSA. The naturally aspirated monster in question is a 12.5:1 HKE 468 LSX with Mast Black Label heads, Beck sheet-metal intake, Holley EFI and backed by a TCI TH400 and 4.10 gears all snugly fit inside a first generation Camaro. […] More »
We’ll just chalk this one up to the awesomeness of the LS community. Honda’s are basically the butt of all jokes when it comes to arguements of power. Civic’s are especially bad. So whenever you see one turned into something genuinely fast, it’s always pretty interesting. This car takes that hilarious contrast to ridiculous heights. He’s calling […] More »
Sweet googly-moogly. If there was ever any doubt about the capabilities of the fox-body Mustang on the track, let them rest. That lithe frame does wonderful things when you slip an LS under the hood with the added boost of twin-turbos. Holley’s LS-Fest is wonderful just because you get to see stuff like this. 8-seconds […] More »
Vengeance Racing is no stranger to killing the quarter mile, so it should come as no surprise that they also hold it down in the latest form of drag racing, 1/2-mile drags! The recent Wanna Go Fast Georgia Invite Only Event proved the perfect place for three Vengeance Racing Built Corvettes to stretch their legs. […] More »
Dang. Now that is a real turbo. The compressor clocks in at a whopping 106mm. Behind it is an LSx with what I’m assuming is a raft of supporting mods. According the youtube link, they made 1100 horsepower or so on this dyno run. Under normal circumstances, it makes anywhere from 1500 to 1600 horses. Yeah, sounds […] More »
Even the lightest, regular cab, short box, modern trucks can tip the scales around 4000 pounds. With an aerodynamic profile more akin to a barn door, the cards are stacked against owners who want a fast truck. And yet it doesn’t stop many LS-heads from adding big motors, even bigger boost and defying the laws […] More »
Well. That didn’t take long at all. The guys at Weapons Grade Performance have officially swapped a LS into the well-regarded Subaru BRZ. They’ve dubbed it: “The BRZ06”. According to the article on lsxtv, the swap was fairly simple. They had to fab their own mounts and oil pan, but aside from that, there was […] More »