General Motors' Vortec engine has powered some of the best cars GM ever made, but it's not without its problems. Which years ...

It’s known by several names: The LL8, Vortec ... GM engine’s similarity, American performance nuts like Calvin Nelson are using it for some crazy-high-power builds. Take his 2010 Chevy Camaro ...

The base 4.8L Vortec V8 is being replaced by an ... but with two cylinders cut off. The new engine is rated for 285 hp and 305 lb-ft of torque. Midway through the 2017 model year, Chevy added a 2.8L ...

As Chevrolet's lineup of cars and pickup ... intake and exhaust ports in the cylinder heads. The Gen VI Vortec 7400 truck engine, the last of the 454s, was produced from 1996 to 2000.

The 4.3L V6 motor was the first to be called a Vortec engine. At this time, Chevy was developing its vortex ... The LV3 can deliver up to 285 horsepower and 305 lb-ft of torque, significantly ...

Our thoughts briefly turned to 305 heads ... on light-truck engines in 1996. Indeed, the Vortec's fast-burn chambers brought new technology to the basic small-block Chevy, offering more efficient ...

The 2023 Chevy Silverado ... tow rating. The engine also keeps the same displacement and the same configuration as before. But this second-generation I6 turbodiesel will make 305 horsepower ...

Called Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon, their standard engine was the 175-hp Vortec 2800 (or LK5 ... so power dropped to 220 hp and 225 lb-ft (305 Nm) of torque. Displacing 3.5 liters, it featured ...

Long before the Silverado 2500 entered the scene, three-quarter-ton Chevrolet pickup trucks came ... drive conversion and an LS-based, 5.3-liter Vortec V8 instead of the original powerplant.

Chevrolet makes a fine truck ... has power when you need it. My first truck, 5.0(305) Vortec, not gonna lie its pretty gutless. It gets about what you would expect milage wise with gas, probably ...