The quest for 800 plus horsepower in Formula Drift is making guys look into engines that can do it reliably and many are choosing GM pushrod power plants to do it. Wrecked Magazine’s Joey Redmond and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center takes a look into the V8s of Formula Drift. This time, Joey visits with: Danny George […] More »
By: Justin Banner | August 25, 2014
A few weeks ago I told you that Cadillac was looking to build a full FiA spec GT3 racecar with the help of the Corvette guys over at Pratt & Miller Racing. At first I figured they would use the newest CTS V badge when it finally debuts, however Cadillac is now saying that the […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | August 25, 2014
Forum member tom’s2005gto‘s goat started life as a 2005 model with the stock LS2 6-liter V8 and a six-speed manual transmission. Over the years, Tom’s bred his crimson creature into a big-displacement beast. After buying it in 2007, he “did the maggie 112 & Kook’s 1 3/4″ LT’s and a cam, [and] made 528 rwhp […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | August 22, 2014
This week’s Burnout video features a Chevy Trailblazer SS working on destroying an old set of tires and while I am inclined to question how close the driver is getting to both the guy filming the hoonage and the cars parked in the lot, there is no question that this rear wheel drive Super Sport […] More »
By: Patrick Rall | August 22, 2014
Because screw the Hellcat that’s what! GM released the starting price of the brand new Chevy Corvette Z06, and it’s actually fairly reasonable. For the low, low price of just $78,995, you could own the most powerful Corvette, and the most powerful GM car, ever built! Now I know what you are thinking, “Jonathon, that’s […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | August 22, 2014
Just the other day I was thinking that there hasn’t been enough COPO content here on LS1Tech and lo and behold, I stumble into this video of Mike Lettelier wheel-standing his COPO not once, but twice at the second annual New England Nationals in Epping, New Hampshire this past June. Lettelier is the man, because […] More »
By: Justin Fivella | August 22, 2014
This week’s Throwback video features a pair of Chevrolet Camaro coupes – one powered by a lightly modified LT1 and the other powered by a stock LS1 – in a heads up drag race that shows just how strong the LS1 V8 is even when pitted against a modified car. To be specific, this video […] More »
By: Patrick Rall | August 21, 2014
