Ford's Coyote and GM's LS engines are still offered today for anyone interested in performing a swap. But they have some big ...

These durable, high-perfomance engines are available for far less than you might imagine, including the Chevy LS3, Ford ...

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 ...

Building or restoring any classic car is a daunting task. Before you can turn a single wrench, though, you have some important decisions to make. Namely, what to power it with in the first place?

Crate engines are great because they provide the sort of instant gratification that's hard to come by in our hot-rodding hobby. It gives someone without the skills or tools to build their own ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

Not every great idea nails it on the first try. Henry Ford designed and built nine vehicles before perfecting his formula with the Model T, and the Corvette didn’t even offer a V-8 engine until its ...

General Motors has discontinued the Chevrolet LS7 crate motor, according to a recent report from Road & Track. Part of Chevrolet's prolific series of Gen III small-block V-8 engines, the naturally ...

I'm going to come out here, right now, as an LS swap hater. They're boring, over-done, and just downright uncreative. Oh, you wanted more power, so you added displacement? From the same engine ...

One of the first things you should know about crate engines is that they come in a variety of sizes, configurations, and stages of completion. You can find a crate engine to replace the engine in your ...

Gravity affects space-time. That’s basically what Einstein was getting at, and it means that time on Earth passes differently than if you were, say, doing the Star Trek thing out in the vacuum of ...