The venerable LS engine swap is a meme for one very good reason – the LS V8 is a great engine. With its relatively low weight, compact size, big power potential, and a seemingly endless supply of ...

Part I: Intake And Exhaust Installation And Dyno TestWhile just about everyone would love to have a new 505-horsepower LS7 powering their Bird, budgetary restraints and the desire to retain the ...

The LS family of V8s are GM's gift to those seeking affordable, reliable performance, and that was true 20 years ago. For 1998, Pontiac equipped the Trans Am with a 305-hp version of the LS1, and ...

It’s not often you see a 1988 Pontiac Trans Am line up against a modern Ferrari, but that’s exactly what we’re getting in the following drag racing video. First things first. The old-school muscle car ...

The third generation of the Pontiac Firebird was produced from 1982 to 1992, and the Trans Am GTA couldn’t do better than 240 horsepower from 5.7 liters of displacement for the final model year. Be ...

Those of you longtime readers may remember our good friend and fellow SIM Editor, Mr. Jay Heath, the former owner of our '99 LS1 Trans Am project that raucously pounced Englishtown Raceway Park with ...

The Pontiac Trans Am debuted in the late 1960s with a big-block V8 under the hood and power ratings of up to 500 horsepower. But by the mid-1970s it became a Malaise-era coupe that barely hit 200 ...

Part I: Intake And Exhaust Installation And Dyno TestWhile just about everyone would love to have a new 505-horsepower LS7 powering their Bird, budgetary restraints and the desire to retain the ...