The biggest shock for 2021 Chevy Silverado owners in 2026 is not that the 6.2L L87 V8 engine is failing; I have been reporting on those catastrophic seizures for years. The real discovery is that ...
There’s a moment in automotive history that Ford loyalists and hot rodders devoted to any brand can point to as a genuine turning point for Blue Oval’s involvement in the performance space: 2011. It’s ...
As pointed out by Chevy ’s assistant chief engineer, Next Generation V8, Mike Kociba, “there is no replacement for displacement,” and to that end, the new LS6 grows in terms of both volume displaced ...
Some things are just fundamentally part of American culture. Baseball. Apple pie. Catchy ad campaigns. And small-block Chevrolets. For only the sixth time since the small-block arrived inside the ...
GM’s four-cylinder TurboMax engine has proven to be a solid alternative to old-school V8s—and it’s about to get even better. Next-gen GM pickups to get enhanced TurboMax engine. Four-cylinder mill ...
The 6.2-liter V8 engine recall saga is far from being over and no real solution appears to be on the horizon. GM recalls nearly 600,000 trucks and SUVs for potential L87 engine failures. Dealers ...
Federal regulators have opened a new inquiry after receiving 36 complaints alleging engine failures in GM vehicles even after the L87 6.2-liter V8 recall repair was completed. The recall remedy ...
11 lawsuits over GM’s 6.2L L87 V8 have been consolidated into a single class action, centered on engine failures tied to crankshaft and connecting-rod defects. More than 700,000 GM trucks and SUVs ...
Update, 2:45pm: This post has been updated to clarify the relationship between this latest investigation and GM's earlier recall of the L87 engine. Hysterical fears that V-8 engines would be wiped ...
The Lineup Cheat Sheet was created so that you could get quick answers to your Fantasy start/sit questions with the analysis already built in. For detailed rationale, check out my latest content, ...
Every General Motors LS engine is special, starting with the LS1, a 5.7-liter Gen III small block V8 which debuted in the 1997 C5 Corvette. In 2008, GM released the 6.2-liter LS3 based on the Gen IV ...
“We got it wrong and we’re fixing it,” Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis says. What did Ram get wrong? The truck maker nixed the Hemi V-8 option from the redesigned 2025 Ram 1500, making the more powerful and fuel ...