The General Motors engine family commonly called the LS series debuted in the then-new1997 model year C5 Corvette as the all aluminum LS1 V8. General Motors called it the Gen III small-block V8 and a ...
Released in the 2005 model year, the LS2 V8 is part of the fourth generation of GM's small-block architecture, building on a lineage started in 1955. While the LS2 retained a few main characteristics ...
When the 1997 Corvette was new it was fielding a very potent powerplant: the Gen III all-aluminum LS1. At 345 hp it made the Corvette pretty fast. But as they say "that was then and this is now" and ...