In the last installment of Southern Heat, we chronicled the buildup of a 496 BBC, apportioned with a slew of Edelbrock parts-namely the company's big-block Top End Kit. The rat made just over 600 hp ...

Some call it a trend, but the fact is modern-day LS powerplants are finding their way beneath the hoods of our favorite street machines. The smaller LS variant, namely the 5.3L (also called Vortec ...

The quest for more horsepower is a frustrating one. It seems like no matter how much we get we just end up wanting even more. This desire to have our engines push out more power generally leads to ...