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LSX Magazine is the Internet’s leading LS-powered muscle car enthusiast online publication. This all-digital magazine is aimed at those who love all machines motivated by General Motor’s latest creation, the LS powerplant. Fuel injected, supercharged, nitrous-fed, or sporting a turbo, if it makes power, its all good. LSX features the latest in up-to-the-minute industry news, in depth technical articles and installation how-to’s, and nation-wide coverage. From the revolutionary LS1 to the latest Gen V and beyond, LSX Magazine is the #1 source of up-to-the-minute coverage of GM’s formidable small-blocks.

This 1997 Silverado 1500 out of Killer Performance proves timeless and terrifying can live under the same hood.It's a tw...
04/09/2026

This 1997 Silverado 1500 out of Killer Performance proves timeless and terrifying can live under the same hood.

It's a two-wheel drive, short bed, regular cab truck still wearing its original paint. The build kept the outside classic: custom SP2 forged wheels at 20x11 out back and 20x8 up front, wrapped in a 305/35/20 Nitto, factory chrome, original badging, and a smoothed tailgate with the Chevrolet script removed. The bed still works for truck shows too, painted edges over a Line-X floor.

Inside stays mostly stock, with a Billet Specialties steering wheel, PCS paddle shifters, and a Dakota Digital cluster that mirrors the factory 95 to 99 gauge look while adding more range on the RPM and speedometer.

Under the hood is where it gets serious. A modified LT4 backed by a 10L90E 10-speed automatic, built out with a BTR Stage 2 cam, headers, a ported supercharger, a 9-inch rear end from QuickTime Performance, and a carbon fiber driveshaft. Killer Performance says it's making a claimed 800 horsepower.

This marks the shop's 11th ZL500 package build. With just over 170 miles on it since completion, it's now headed back to owner Bryan in northern Ohio.

Corvettes at Carlisle just had its BIGGEST year ever. 🇺🇸More than 3,200 Corvettes stormed Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for th...
04/09/2026

Corvettes at Carlisle just had its BIGGEST year ever. 🇺🇸

More than 3,200 Corvettes stormed Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for the 2026 edition of one of America’s biggest celebrations of the Corvette.

The final count? 3,239 registered Corvettes, smashing the previous event record of 3,080 set in 2023. And there was a lot more going on than just filling the fairgrounds with shiny show cars:

* Two of the five original 1963 Grand Sports were showcased
* A Grand Sport display valued at more than $40 million
* The massive Corvette American Flag
* Team Chevrolet technical walk-arounds
* Lingenfelter King of the X autocross
* Exhaust competition
* 400+ Corvettes cruising downtown Carlisle
* More than $35,000 raised for the Chip Miller Amyloidosis Foundation

From early-generation classics to modern C8s, Corvettes at Carlisle once again proved that the Corvette community knows how to throw one heck of a party. Were you one of the record-setting 3,239 Corvettes at Carlisle this year? Drop a photo of your car in the comments! 👇

Only 15 of these were ever made, and this one showed up in rough shape.ScrapLifeLee is bringing one of just 15 Lingenfel...
03/09/2026

Only 15 of these were ever made, and this one showed up in rough shape.

ScrapLifeLee is bringing one of just 15 Lingenfelter Revenge GTOs back from the dead, and the hardest part isn't the engine work. It's the fact that half the one-off body panels unique to this car don't exist anywhere anymore. That means 3D scanning and printing replacement mirror caps, fog light bezels, and even fender flare sections just to get a complete body kit back together.

Under the hood is a 7.0L LSX that started life in a dry sump Grand Sport C6 Corvette and previously ran turbocharged duty. Now it's getting converted back to a front sump setup so it'll actually fit in the GTO, with a new oil pump, baffle, and provisions for an oil cooler. Once the body goes to paint, the plan is a new low-profile supercharger to replace the aging blower currently on it.

If you’re a hardcore LSX reader, you probably remember Project SALT. And after more than a decade, the Trans Am finally ...
03/09/2026

If you’re a hardcore LSX reader, you probably remember Project SALT. And after more than a decade, the Trans Am finally got fast. Really fast. 🔥

Project SALT started with one pretty audacious goal: run 200 MPH with a small-cube, single-turbo LS and a manual transmission. After years of delays, the WS6 returned in 2025 with help from Vengeance Racing, packing a 370 cubic inch iron block LS, a single 88 mm Turbonetics turbo, and a TR6060 six-speed.

The result? More than 1,100 horsepower at the wheels and a trip to Shift-Sector’s Indy Airstrip Attack to finally find out what the combination could do.

First came 185.72 MPH in the standing half-mile. Then SALT turned up the wick and ripped to 190.36 MPH, good enough for second place in the manual class, despite spinning the tires in third gear at roughly 130 MPH.

After more than a decade of building, waiting, changing plans, and refusing to give up on the original goal, Project SALT is officially knocking on the door of 200 MPH!

BMR Suspension just added another BIG name to its growing performance portfolio.BMR has officially acquired Hotchkis Spo...
02/09/2026

BMR Suspension just added another BIG name to its growing performance portfolio.

BMR has officially acquired Hotchkis Sport Suspension, bringing together two brands that enthusiasts have relied on for decades to make American muscle do something besides go fast in a straight line.

For the LS crowd, that’s a pretty big deal. Between fourth-gen F-bodies, GTOs, modern Camaros, Corvettes, and countless LS-swapped classics, chances are you’ve encountered BMR or Hotchkis hardware somewhere along the way.

And Hotchkis is only the latest addition.

BMR’s growing family now includes:

* BMR Suspension
* Hotchkis Sport Suspension
* Heidts Suspension
* Alston Racing
* Carlyle Racing
* Chassis Engineering Inc.
* Control Freak Suspension

That’s an impressive amount of suspension, chassis, drag racing, and Pro Touring knowledge sitting under one increasingly large roof.

Because making more horsepower with an LS has never been particularly difficult, getting all of it to the pavement, while occasionally turning left and right, is where things get interesting.

JMR Rebuilders just built out an entire LS engine using parts sourced almost entirely from Temu.Cam, lifters, valve spri...
01/09/2026

JMR Rebuilders just built out an entire LS engine using parts sourced almost entirely from Temu.

Cam, lifters, valve springs, intake, long tube headers, cold air intake, even the brake rotors and pads. According to the hosts, the savings were massive on paper, with some individual parts claimed to cost a fraction of what the same components run through traditional suppliers.

But here's the real question. Building it cheap is one thing. Keeping it running is another.

The truck fired up and drove by the end of the video, but there's no long term data yet on how these parts hold up under real use. Would you risk an engine build on budget parts to save money up front, or will cutting corners here usually mean paying twice down the road?

300,000 miles. 600+ horsepower. And the original clutch is STILL in the car.🔗 https://www.lsxmag.com/features/bridling-a...
01/09/2026

300,000 miles. 600+ horsepower. And the original clutch is STILL in the car.

🔗 https://www.lsxmag.com/features/bridling-a-600-horsepower-callaway-for-300000-miles/

If you think high-performance Corvettes are supposed to spend their lives tucked away in climate-controlled garages, this 2010 Callaway SC606 Corvette Grand Sport would like a word.

Built as the first Callaway SC606 Corvette, VIN 00059 was created with a pretty ambitious goal: prove Callaway’s supercharger package could deliver serious performance while being driven everywhere, every day. The original plan was to reach 100,000 miles. Eventually, Chris Chessnoe blew right past that.

Over the years, this Crystal Red C6 has:

* Covered 300,000 miles
* Run 10.8 at 128 MPH in the quarter-mile
* Attacked road courses and autocross events
* Participated in burnout competitions
* Traveled across the country
* Burned through more than two dozen sets of tires
* Been washed more than 700 times

And here’s the really crazy part: at 300,000 miles, the car is still running its original clutch, and its Callaway supercharger is still doing its job. A recent leak-down test showed roughly 4-6 percent across the cylinders, suggesting the LS3 remains remarkably healthy after three trips around the odometer.

Callaway Cars Inc originally wanted this Corvette to prove that serious horsepower and serious mileage didn’t have to be mutually exclusive. We’d say 300,000 miles makes the point very convincingly.

Vengeance Racing showed up to the Street Car Takeover at Maple Grove Raceway with something brand new: a 2027 Corvette G...
31/08/2026

Vengeance Racing showed up to the Street Car Takeover at Maple Grove Raceway with something brand new: a 2027 Corvette Grand Sport with barely 550 miles on it, and they handed the keys straight over to the 1320video crew.

Under the hood is Chevy's new LS6, a 6.7L naturally aspirated V8 making 535 horsepower, a jump from the outgoing LT2's 495. The only mod on this car is a set of Forgeline wheels with carbon lips and barrels straight from the dealership. Everything else is bone stock.

GM claims this car will run a 10.95 in the quarter mile. With the heat working against them early in the day, the crew's first hits landed in the high 11s. Once the sun went down and the track cooled off, they worked their way down to an 11.37, about four tenths off GM's number.

We snuck into Mustang Week Charlotte and snapped a few photos of the fastest Fords. Probably the best-looking Fords as w...
31/08/2026

We snuck into Mustang Week Charlotte and snapped a few photos of the fastest Fords. Probably the best-looking Fords as well, right FordMuscle.com fans? 😁

The 2027 Corvette Stingray is getting a new heart, and it's a big one. Chevrolet has confirmed the new 6.7L V8 LS6, the ...
30/08/2026

The 2027 Corvette Stingray is getting a new heart, and it's a big one. Chevrolet has confirmed the new 6.7L V8 LS6, the first engine built on General Motors' sixth-generation Small Block architecture, will power the next Stingray. Worth noting this isn't a revival of the old Gen III LS6 from the C5 Z06 days, it's an all-new Gen 6 design wearing a familiar name.

The numbers are serious: 535 horsepower and 520 lb-ft of torque, making it the most powerful standard engine ever offered in a Corvette. Under the hood you'll find a 13.0:1 compression ratio, a 95mm throttle body, a tunnel-ram intake, dual direct and port fuel injection, forged pistons and rods, and a lubrication system built for sustained high-load driving.

Chevrolet also confirmed the LS6 uses Active Fuel Management rather than the more complex Dynamic Fuel Management found in several Gen 5 trucks and SUVs. AFM shuts down a fixed set of cylinders under light load and brings all eight back the moment you ask for power. DFM can juggle up to 17 different firing patterns. GM sticking with the simpler AFM system suggests it could carry over to other Gen 6 Small Blocks down the road.

As Chevrolet's assistant chief engineer for Next Generation V8, Mike Kociba, put it: there is no replacement for displacement. This new LS6 proves you don't need forced induction to move the needle when you get the fundamentals right.

What do you think, does AFM belong in America's sports car, or should Chevrolet have gone all in with DFM?

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