At first blush it sounds utterly unintuitive: Kneecapping the LS7, by trimming nearly 10 percent from its stroke, in order to build more horsepower. Right. And buying an extended warranty at ...

So it was with enthusiasm that we kicked off the LS7 build project featuring RHS's excellent aluminum block and CNC-cut cylinder heads all the way back in the June '13 issue of Circle Track.

How do you build a better mousetrap ... GM engineers had something even wilder up their sleeve when the introduced the LS7. Designed to power the special all-aluminum 7.0-liter in the ZO6 Corvette ...

Technicians hand-build the Corvette Z06’s LS7 7.0L engine, the Corvette ZR1’s 6.2L supercharged LS9 engine and a variation of the Corvette Grand Sport’s LS3 6.2L engine. The PBC incorporates ...

Pop the hood, and you’ll find a supercharged LS7 V8, which is topped by a Magnuson ... with Dakota Digital gauges mounted in the custom dash. The build was completed only recently and has ...

Without a doubt, the most interesting part of this build is the destroked LS7 V8 engine, which now revs to a head-spinning 8,500 rpm and sounds absolutely amazing along the way. Total output is ...

In other words, you can build your own LS7 or LS9 powerplant. However, since we’re talking about outputs of 505 and 640 hp, respectively, you wouldn’t want to get anything wrong, would you?

The answer is with a build-it-yourself kit car ... The Factory Five Racing GTM LS7 sports a 505-hp Chevy V-8 mounted amidships and weighs a svelte 2496 pounds. That, folks, results in a ratio ...

The dry sump system and other highly precise requirements made it a tough engine for GM to produce on an assembly line, so they built every LS7 by hand at the GM Performance Build Center in Wixom ...

So it was with enthusiasm that we kicked off the LS7 build project featuring RHS's excellent aluminum block and CNC-cut cylinder heads all the way back in the June '13 issue of Circle Track.