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3,500+ HP 427 cid Billet LS Engine

At ACE Racing Engines, Stefan Rossi’s and Laura Pugh’s hard work has been paying off in the form of increased awareness and business, a new shop space out in California, and best of all, success on the track from numerous customers. Check out this excellent example of a maximum effort, billet LS engine for a drag-and-drive application.

ACE Racing Engines’ 427 cid Billet LS Drag-and-Drive Engine

We’ve known Stefan Rossi for a number of years now, and his work at ACE Racing Engines is something to behold. He’s an engine builder who never rests on his laurels, and is always pushing himself and his engines to new levels. Case in point, he’s developed a partnership with Noonan Race Engineering to utilize

Supercharged 388 cid LS Engine

Hoping to reach new heights in the mile, this Cadillac customer brought his car and engine in for the School of Automotive Machinists & Technology to work their magic on. See what went into the supercharged LS engine platform.

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Supercharged 388 cid LS-Powered Cadillac

We recently made a trip to Houston, TX and visited the School of Automotive Machinists & Technology to get a tour of the facility and see what all they had going on. In addition to their many classes and awesome facility, they had a Cadillac in the shop, which featured a supercharged LS engine for

Supercharged 521 cid Brad Anderson Hemi Engine

Amanda Hoover and Eddie Rogers have been campaigning their Chevelle from Hell for nearly a decade. Helping give the car its name is a screw-blown 521 cubic inch Hemi engine. Check out the details of this build done by Chris Duncan Race Cars!

4,500-HP Supercharged Brad Anderson Hemi Engine

With a name like Chevelle from Hell and the graphics to back it up, we couldn’t just walk past this drag car without learning a little more about it and its engine. Turns out, the car belongs to Eddie Rogers, and his step daughter Amanda Hoover helped build and tune the supercharged Brad Anderson Hemi

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408 cid Nitrous LS Engine

During a tour of SAM Tech, we also got a chance to speak to a few students. One in particular, Jaylon Victorian, was nearing completion of a 408 cid nitrous LS engine. He applied his new engine building knowledge and skill set to the build, and it shines through in our latest Engine of the Week.

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1,100-HP Nitrous LS Engine

During a recent visit to SAM Tech in Houston, we not only got a full tour of the school’s facility, but we also got to speak with a few students about their time there. One student in particular, Jaylon Victorian, was wrapping up an 1,100-hp nitrous LS engine build on the dyno. We spoke to

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760 cid Billet Big Block Chevy Nitrous Engine

Despite what you may think about nitrous engines, and those that are stock big block Chevy bore spacing, these 4.840″ bore space big block Chevy engines have some significant R&D in them. Just check out this 760 cubic inch billet version done at TRE Racing Engines.

TRE 760 cid Big Block Chevy Nitrous Engine

Last fall while we were in Houston, we made the drive out to Cleveland, TX to visit with Taylor Lastor, owner of TRE Racing Engines. His shop specializes in machine work and building big cubic inch drag race engines like this 760 cubic inch big block Chevy nitrous engine. Find out what goes inside it

Naturally Aspirated 440 cid LT1 Engine

The folks at Late Model Engines in Houston, TX run a top-notch engine and machine shop. You don’t have to look much further than this naturally aspirated 440 cid LT1 engine build to see what we mean. It’s our Engine of the Week!

Naturally Aspirated 440 cid LT1 Engine from LME

We got to visit Houston, TX last fall for a few days, and one of our stops had to be to Late Model Engines. This engine and machine shop has been on the rise for two decades now, and co-owner Bryan Neelen and his team are reflective of the pinnacle of LS and LT engine

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