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  1. No, the General Motors LS V8 is NOT a Copy of the Ford Windsor V8

    LS V8 Engine

    No, the General Motors LS V8 Engine Series is NOT a Copy of the Ford Windsor V8

    The Chevy vs Ford debate goes back decades. It continues today just as it did during the Golden Age of muscle cars, covering everything from trucks and cars to engines and transmissions. This long-standing rivalry has inspired memes, window stickers, and countless comedy routines. In fact, some even have proclaimed that the LS V8 engine is just a copy of the Windsor.

    Is this statement true? Is the GM LS series V8 just a copy of the Ford Windsor V8 engines? Or is the LS engine an original design that bears similarities due to common engineering

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  2. Big-Block Chevy: Doomed Dinosaur or Immortal Classic Engine?

    Big-Block Chevy Engines: Doomed Dinosaur or Immortal Classic Engine?

    Until the LS engine came out in the fall of 1996, getting big power and displacement in a Chevrolet engine meant a big-block over a small-block. Small-blocks at the time were just starting to reliably pass the 400ci mark, but the cost of a big-inch small-block was high. If you were building a serious car, that meant a big-block under the hood. Then when the LS arrived, the sun began to set on the venerable big block Chevy engines.

    Recently, we were on the phone with a customer who has a Chevrolet big block

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