Engine sound has long been treated as a performance metric, a kind of acoustic dyno sheet that tells drivers how hard a car is working. As digital audio and electrification spread, engine sounds are ...

In the September issue, we strapped a stock LS2 crate engine to our engine dyno and coaxed 472 horsepower and 505 lb-ft. of torque out of it (see "Great Crate" Sept. '06). Impressive numbers, but as ...

In 2005, GM has banished the old 5.7-liter V8 and made it better by adding 0.3-liters and about 50 horsepower. We’ve seen the LS2 engine find a home in the C6 Corvette, give the GTO and SSR a power ...