Ford fans do not argue about much more fiercely than they do about pushrod versus modular V8s, because that split defines not ...

Ford used pushrod V8 designs for many years before phasing them out in favor of Modular engines. Here are the differences ...

Old school muscle. For most of us that means a big cammed, big carbed V8 bolted to a four-speed in a late-60s or early-70s body. These days, however, that big V8 has been replaced with an LS-series ...

Pushrod engines may not be as popular as they used to be, but to paraphrase the old Mark Twain misquote, "The reports of its death are greatly exaggerated." In fact, GM recently announced it was ...

Introduced as a successor to the venerable small block Chevy, the LS engine family had a good run. Recently replaced by the fancy, direct-injected, LT-series engine, the LS still reigns supreme in ...

Every General Motors LS engine is special, starting with the LS1, a 5.7-liter Gen III small block V8 which debuted in the 1997 C5 Corvette. In 2008, GM released the 6.2-liter LS3 based on the Gen IV ...

Fire up a fourth-gen Ford Mustang GT and you'll hear one of two distinctly different V8 soundtracks, depending on when it rolled off the assembly line. From 1994 through 1995, that rumble came from ...

A complete guide to the history of the LS and Vortec engine brands, the differences between them, and their components. Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest ...

There are no two ways about it, General Motors' LS1 V8 engine is an automotive icon. The raw American motor has been ripping up drag strips and terrorizing neighborhoods for almost three decades now ...

Less than 70k miles in, a Ford Godzilla V8 shows rust, scored bores, and a ruined cam, highlighting known issues with the modern pushrod design. Yet reports of spark plug and lifter failures have ...