GM Engine LS-Series Complete Swap Guide & Performance Techbook 2 Book Set

In GM LS-Series Engines: The Complete Swap Manual 2nd Edition, expert technician Joseph Potak walks you through all the steps involved in installing an LS engine into any project vehicle, from concept to completion.

Variants of General Motor’s groundbreaking family of LS engines are installed in everything from mundane Chevrolet panel vans to the earth-shaking Corvette Z06. Released in 1997, the original LS1, and its numerous successors have proven powerful, reliable, and amazingly flexible.

Performance enthusiasts embraced this remarkable V-8, and it quickly became a favorite for engine swaps into project vehicles ranging from classic muscle cars to hot rods to race cars. Why? Because the versatile LS offers fantastic power, a compact design, light weight, and it responds very well to performance modifications. The key to this performance is a sophisticated electronics package demystified here by the author.

In GM LS-Series Engines: The Complete Swap Manual 2nd Edition, professional LS-series engine specialist Joseph Potak details all the considerations involved in performing this swap into any vehicle. With clear instructions, color photos, diagrams, and specification tables, Potak guides you through:

• Installing your LS engine
• Configuring the EFI system
• Designing fuel and exhaust systems
• Sourcing the correct accessories for your application
• Transmissions, torque converters, and clutches
• Performance upgrades and power-adders

This is the ultimate guide to installing an LS in your project car.

This GM Engine Performance Techbook gives the home mechanic an in-depth look at specific areas of auto with easy-to-follow text and hundreds of photos. The mysteries of the versatile LS series engines are unlocked in this GM Engine Performance Techbook. Covering everything from engine overhaul, cylinder head selection and modification, induction and fuel systems, camshafts, and valve train, to beefing-up the bottom end, turbo and supercharger add-ons, engine swaps, and extreme builds, this Techbook will help you get the most from your LS-powered vehicle. Complete Maintenance and repair information Detailed photos and illustrations guide you through every job Easy to find and easy to use do-it-yourself content.