Improve Horsepower and Torque: High-Performance Tips For LS Engines - Engine Power S7, E16

Go from the boneyard to making big power! Mike and Pat have the high-performance tips and techniques to help you get the most horsepower and torque with some savings to boot! 6.0L LQ4, Vortec LM7, 427 LSX

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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE

Summit Racing
Cam Motion Camshaft

Summit Racing
Cam Motion Mild Performance LS Camshafts

Summit Racing
Cometic MLS Head Gaskets

Summit Racing
Precision Turbo and Engine Gen2 Turbochargers

Summit Racing
Rocker Arms

Summit Racing
Trick Flow GenX 255 Cylinder Heads

Summit Racing
Trick Flow Hydraulic Lifters

Summit Racing
Trick Flow Hydraulic Roller Camshaft

Summit Racing
Trick Flow Pushrods

Summit Racing
WD-40 Smart Straw Multi-Use Oil

ARP
Ultra Torque Lube

ATI Performance Products
Superdamper

Holley
650 CFM Classic Holley Carburetor

Holley
Dual Plane Manifold

Holley
Holley Mid-Rise Intake - GM LS3

Holley
Q-Series Carburetor 950CFM Black Diamond

Holley
Sniper Nitrous Oxide Kit

Late Model Engines
GM LS7 CNC Ported Heads

Late Model Engines
LME Billet Intake LS7

Late Model Engines
LS Billet Valve Covers

Matco Tools
1/2" Drive Torque and Angle Meter

Matco Tools
MATCO Tools are the Official Tool Supplier to PowerNation

The Industrial Depot
Tools, Hardware, Shop Supplies

VHT
VHT Wrinkle Plus Coatings

[robertkerr]

More builds like this please! Incremental power gains are fun to watch, and shows how each part affects output. 👍

[matthewcritchfield]

Love watching Pat and Mike they got to have the best jobs in the world, I wish PowerNation would do a yearly contest and let a winner come in to the shop and Rebuild your motor

[killacash]

Putting a carb on an LS may be the "easiest" route, but certainly not the cheapest... Wouldn't the cheapest be all stock with the factory GM ECU flashed with HP Tuners or something?

[petejoseph]

That guy needs more stuff in his shirt pocket.

[chloehennessey]

Just recently swapped out the 6.0L LS out of my 67 Firebird and dropped in an 1LR-GUE V-10 by Toyota Racing D. It’s got the same titanium exhaust off the Lexus LFA and screams just the same in my Firebird.

[timothyvaher]

Very impressive Tech! You spoke plain and simple and added bolt on numbers! Saving this video as I've watched and learned scores of LS projects. You've found the the heavy duty sweet spot for an LS Build!

[bowsertownes]

Very entertaining vid, I knew that 550 hp wall was coming. The ls engines are so fun to watch make easy power

[chrisobrien]

Great episode lads. KW is the engine master. Thanks from Victor Harbor Australia 🇦🇺

[garagecncplasma]

Love watching these guys. Can’t wait to build my engine

[Sircraig]

G'day guys, ,
Great episode, , just keep on bringing it .
More power to ya ...!!!

Much Respect
from
Down Under

[johnbehneman]

THANK YOU TO ALL THE BARNDS INVOLVED IN THESE BUILDS. EVERYTHING CAME OUT GREAT AND RUNS EVEN BETTER!!!!

[SGTJDerek]

So Kenny built Low & Slow 40 years ago🤣.

Seriously though. It used to surprise me just how many people don't know how long some of this "Tech" has been around. But instead of picking the brains of people like Kenny D., Gale Banks, Kenny Bell and those that are still with us, it's like everyone wants to start from scratch instead of building on what those men have learned over a lifetime.

[coryjohnson]

I agree more of these videos. And more in depth view of how a engine is put together. From every bolt to every gasket

[jacksspeedperformance]

Exactly what I wanted to see guys!! Keep up the engine builds my favorite thing to watch period

[taylorwarren-bw]

This is why old carb and thi blocks are dinosaurs, stock for stock and mod for mod LS kicks its ass

[dermharse]

The exhaust manifolds are cast steel and can be easy welded to make turbo manifolds.

[tmnr]

This was my most favorite episode yet. Well done.

[mrbrankroll]

Man I used to watch this on powerblock. I remember when Mike first joined

[Thelongmanable]

*_LS LS LS LS MOST BELOVED MOTOR IN THE WORLD!!!!_*

[johnbehneman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! AN ENGINE FOR EVERY BUDGET!!!! I LOVE EVRYTHING!!!! MANY TOTALLY AWSOME BUIKDS!!!! GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS FOR SHARING.