Harken back to the heyday of the musclecar revolution and imagine using hindsight to sit across the desk at your favorite Chevrolet dealer to order up a 1967 Corvette with the legendary RPO code L88.

The resulting numbers are absolutely astonishing: 825 horsepower and 8,300 rpm with a hydraulic roller camshaft, factory GM cylinder head castings, and a production LS7 aluminum block. That's nearly ...

It's dubbed the LS427/570 and sports a number of upgrades over the LS7 engine we saw in production. It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation days, Sean was drawn to anything with ...

When General Motors revealed the '06 Corvette Z06's 505hp LS7 V-8 enginelast year, our first question was, "How detuned is it?" After all,despite its 500-plus horses, the latest and greatest 7.0L ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

The process of building an LS7 engine begins with selecting the engine block. The block is cleaned of sediment and placed on a cart that will be its base during the four-hour assembly. The first part ...

Antonio is a chemical engineering student pursuing his master's degree in chemical engineering and sustainable processes. Throughout his academic journey, he has gained substantial knowledge in areas ...

Introduced in 1995 with few commonalities between it and the small-block V8 architecture, the LS engine family soldiers on to this very day although General Motors refers to the latest evolution as ...

When it comes to the best performing V-8 engines, General Motors' LS7 is right up there with the likes of the 5.2-liter Voodoo from Ford and supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat from Fiat Chrysler ...

Stock Eliminator LS7: SAM Tech eliminates the competition by wringing 825 hp and 8,300 rpm from a hydraulic roller LS7 with a factory GM block and heads In highly competitive racing classes that place ...