Monthly Archives: November 2018
Street Muscle Magazine: Moroso LS-Engine Vintage Valve Cover Adapters
SEMA 2018: One of the current trends in the industry is to take an LS engine and make it look like anything but a modern engine...
LSX Magazine: Featured Article! "Moroso and LS4 King Team Up On A Unique LS Pan" The LS4 engine has not been a popular choice when it comes to an LS-swap. The powerplant offers several challenges, whether you are trying to use it in a front-wheel-drive (FWD) or rear-wheel-drive (RWD) application. In a FWD configuration, you are limited to the type of transmission you can run in stock form, with the LS4 4T65eHD being your only option. Like the 4L60e, the 4T65eHD is underwhelming in performance and tends to bring a premium when purchased at a junkyard. For a RWD setup, you will have a couple of problems. One is that the engine block does not have any provisions for mounting the starter. The second problem is the LS4 has a specific bolt pattern for the 4T65 transmission and will not bolt up to a 4l60e, 4l80e, TH400, etc. One area of the LS4's design that can open up some possibilities is with the oil pan.
Hot Rod: Featured Article! "Building Your First 540-Inch Edelbrock Big-Block Chevy" It's time to stop fooling around. Sure, the turbo guys can make all the power they want with those fancy pinwheel engines. There's nothing wrong with that if you like that sort of thing. But there's another school, older yes but no less enthusiastic, that embraces the concept of killing gnats not with a flyswatter but with a 105mm howitzer. Call it wretched excess, call it overkill, but there's something about a normally aspirated big-block Chevy that thumps.
Chevy Hardcore: Featured Article! "PRI 2019- Moroso's Redesigned SBC Valve Covers With Oilers" When it comes to high-performance racing parts for small-block Chevy engines destined for racing, there has been a dearth of new products for some time. Before we go much further down the "it's all been done already" road, let us show you some new SBC valve covers from Moroso...
Ford NXT: Featured Article! "PRI 2019- Moroso's New Oil Pans & Oil Pickup Tube For Gen3 Coyote" Manufacturers are utilizing more and more lightweight composite parts on cars and trucks these days. While composite parts have some advantages over their metal counterparts, they have some disadvantages too. In the case of the Gen-3 Coyote engine owners, the oil pans are made of lightweight composite material...
Horsepower Wars $10k Drag Shootout 2: Inside The Dream Team Mustang Here's an up close look at The Dream Team Mustang build, featuring Moroso's Billet Coil-Mount Valve Covers, Sealed Battery Box and heavy-duty Battery Disconnect Switch; along with Competition Engineering's 10-point Roll Cage and Shock Mount Kit!
The CompCam's Dream Team returned for the second season of the Horsepower Wars $10K Shootout with a fresh, new crop of talent, and while their end product is wholly their own, the team borrowed on the basic formula - a formula that nearly won the inaugural contest a year ago - to give itself a shot at the crown.
