WILL THE PUSHROD MOTOR EVER DIE?

With Chevy pushing out more and more versions of the LS-series motors, it sure doesn't look like it. I remember years ago hearing how pushrods are old technology and will never make it into the future, look where we are now? The LS-series is arguably the most popular modern performance engine. Go head out to a road course or the drag strip and you'll see many cars running LS power. And the amazing thing is, they aren't all Chevy's. These lightweight aluminum motors are seeing their way into Mustangs, Mazda's, Nissan's and just about any other application you can imagine. They are reliable, and put down great power whether you keep them stock or make a few tweaks on your own. The LS1 made its debut in 1997 in the Corvette, then followed in the F-body cars as well as many application for the boys down under in Australia under the Holden brand. Since then there have been 11 variations of this motor!

Starting in mid-2007 GM started offering the LSX block to the consumer world. With street prices around $2,000 you can get a cast iron block that is born from the current Z06's LS7 motor. Displacement can vary from 364 Cubic Inches to a mind boggling 511! This gets me thinking, start off with small cubic inches and find excuses to keep blowing it up so that you can just keep boring it out one piston size at a time! After all, my philosophy has always been, "You aren't having fun unless you break." To all the modular ford guys, the Vtec crowd...and all the other haters. That dinosaur of technology that you constantly look down upon...isn't going anywhere...and will continue to show you it's tailpipes for many more years to come!