Driving Line compares the GM 4.2-liter inline-six-cylinder Vortec 4200 to Toyota's 2JZ engine, one of the most powerful inline-6 engines ever put in a production car. While the production GM 4.2 ...

In general, the General Motors Vortec 5.3-liter V8 is a powerful, dependable engine. If you're not familiar with General Motors' Vortec engines, they are a family of small-block V8s that GM put ...

Once a staple of the hot rod and modification scenes, the era of the big block V8 engines has largely ended thanks to technological advances in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was 340 horsepower ...

Another of the many lawsuits directed at GM over alleged excessive oil consumption by the GM Generation IV 5.3L V8 Vortec 5300 LC9 gasoline engine has been dismissed, this time by the U.S ...

And they are even stronger than the iron blocks found with the GM Vortec engines. Of course, they have other benefits as well, like billet main caps and priority-main oiling, but where they really ...

Throughout its illustrious history, Chevrolet has built many iconic V8 engines, of which these five ... better known as the Vortec 5300, was introduced in 1999. A workhorse motor that debuted ...

Over the following years, Chevrolet would use the engine for many of its vehicles ... GM cars and trucks until 1997. The 5.3-liter Vortec 5300 was part of its third-generation SBC in 1999 and ...

Vortec 4200, or more colloquially, the Ameri-Barra. The latter draws on a comparison to the mighty Barra I6 that Ford sold for years in Australia. Tuners love that thing, and given the GM engine ...

We're taking another look at the next-generation 2027 Chevy Silverado and 2027 GMC Sierra pickups, this time exploring what ...

At the top of the list is the Chevy Suburban, a full-size SUV that was given the mighty Vortec 8100 normally reserved for ...

It's also worth noting that even after GM's surge in 2024, the stock still trades at a paltry price-to-earnings ratio of 5.8 ...

Engine, Vortec 4.3L V6 MFI (195 hp [145.4 kW] @ 4600 rpm, 260 lb-ft of torque [351.0 N-m] @ 2800 rpm) (Required and standard on C*15703, C*15903, and CC15753 Models only. Not available with (VYU ...