What is the best bang-for-buck V-8 crate engine you can buy in 2024? The correct answer is Chevy's tried and true swap platform, the “Gen IV” 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 engine. Why the LS3 when there are ...

To get the most power out of your hot rod or performance car, the most sensible approach may be to simply replace the engine.

Much like how a bowl of leafy greens is just a carrier for decadent blue cheese dressing, a car is just a place to house a delicious engine. After all, even a Camaro with the most badass suspension ...

The engine crate market is not for the faint-hearted. It's a place where enthusiasm, power, and mechanical complexity all converge to allow car geeks to turn an empty engine bay into something special ...

These days, opting to build a Mouse motor over an LS small-block probably means that familiarity and practicality both stepped into the boxing ring, and the former won via TKO in the 12th round. With ...

One year after introducing the E-Rod LS3 crate engine at SEMA, GM Performance Parts used this year's show to announce even more crate options for hot-rodders with the addition of three new E-Rod ...

Back in part one of our new GMPP LS3 testing ("Late Crate Update," Oct. '10), we subjected a factory-fresh LS3 crate motor from GM Performance parts to a series of performance upgrades, including a ...

From the very beginning, the 911 relied on boxer engines over the rear axle. Some people, however, prefer good ol’ American muscle in the guise of LS V8 swaps like the ones done by Renegade Hybrids of ...

Do you remember the E-Rod, the 6.2-liter LS3 crate engine that GM Performance Parts showed at SEMA? Of course you do. And now you can get it in a version that accommodates a six-speed manual ...

The debate about the link between fuel and power will probably end at some point, but there is always someone who will have a different opinion on the matter. Fortunately, we live in a world where ...

Preassembled ready to run performance crate engines have become the predominant source of power for classic truckers and rodders over the course of the last decade or so-and for good reason. The ...