LS engine architecture is indisputably amazing. There are examples everywhere, including the pages of Car Craft, of engines plucked out of salvage yards making reliable horsepower even at 1,000+ hp.

If you were less concerned about maximum power and more about having 450 hp with a dead-smooth idle and optimized drivability, the factory Gen 3 LQ4 camwould be the obvious choice. This was the ...