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First Look: Performance Design’s XS Intake Manifold for LS3 V-8

A stock LS3 rec-port intake manifold is hard to beat and only costs $299. When Chevy went back to the drawing board after the success of the cathedral-port Gen III LS1 small-block V-8, it realized ...
GM Authority

Holley Introduces New Lo-Ram LS Intake Manifold Range

Bowling Green, Kentucky-based aftermarket supplier Holley Performance has unveiled its new Lo-Ram LS intake manifold product line, which was designed specifically for Gen III and Gen IV General Motors ...
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LS2 Intake Manifold Porting - LS2 Stealth Mods

Though LS1-equipped '04 Goats were certainly stout, the bar was raised even further when GM rolled out the evolutionary Gen IV LS2 engine for the '05-'06 models. In addition to a host of improvements, ...
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Lingenfelter Offers Carbon Intake Manifold For LS3 And LS7 Engines: Video

For more than four decades, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has been churning out a slew of wild high-performance products, from engine upgrades, to parts, to crate engines. Now, the tuner is ...
Motor Trend

LS Engine Power Packages - A New Generation Of Performance

How good are the Gen 3 V-8s? Compared to the original Gen 1 (23-degree) small-blocks, the new motors offer more of everything. That list of everything includes power and torque, fuel mileage, and even ...
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History of the LS Engine and Cylinder Head Casting Number Spotter’s Guide: LS1, LS6, LS2, LS3, LS4, L99, LS7, LSA, LS9, LQ9, LQ4, L92, L94

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...