LS series engine book
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LS series engine book
After reading "All Corvettes Are Red" and "King Of the Hill", I got to wondering if someone has written a book on the history and/or development of the LS series of engines. An internet search was unsuccessful. Does anyone know of such a book? I for one think it would be a fascinating read.
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I just got the March 2018 issue of Corvette magazine. It has an article on the history and development of the LS engine
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How to Build High Performance Chevy LS1/LS6 Engines by Will Handzel, $30 or so at B&N, not only has a good bit of very interesting LS history, it also has some very interesting info on build operations and options. I seem to recall seeing others on the forum indicate that not all the information is agreed with here, but it's a fun read none the less.
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Doing a Google search showed a number of books on how to swap an LS engine into a car or modify that series of engines, but didn't see anything that would give a development history of the engines.
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Although the LS7 didn't show up until the C6 generation, there is a decent story by Hib Halverson regarding the development of that engine can be found here:
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ine/index.html
Not a book, but a couple dozen pages that are an easy read.
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ine/index.html
Not a book, but a couple dozen pages that are an easy read.
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Although the LS7 didn't show up until the C6 generation, there is a decent story by Hib Halverson regarding the development of that engine can be found here:
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ine/index.html
Not a book, but a couple dozen pages that are an easy read.
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ine/index.html
Not a book, but a couple dozen pages that are an easy read.