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 ...

We've always felt that the 5.3-liter version of the General's Vortec series had been somewhat overlooked. The downside was the iron block added unwanted weight to the front of the car, which doesn ...

The LS line then gave way to GM's Ecotec series of engines, which the manufacturer handed the LT and L8 designations. Among them are the L83 and L8B 5.3-liter V8s — the L8B has GM's mild hybrid ...

General Motors has been found liable to pay $102.6 million across 38,000 members of a federal class action suit surrounding the Vortec LC9 engine. GMT900-platform vehicles built from 2010-2014 ...

In 2010, GM recommended to its dealers that they clean the pistons of the affected vehicles, which proved ineffective. The company changed minor parts of the engine's design in 2011, though those ...

More than five million student loan borrowers who are behind on payments could face serious benefit consequences by the end of the summer. The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday, May ...

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas on Saturday night, part of a swarm of earthquakes to rock the area near the Texas border with New Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor ...

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Yes, I'm talking about GM's 5.3-liter Vortec V8, an evolution of those classic Chevrolet mills that added a then-new "vortex technology" in the mid-1990s. The idea was to better mix air and fuel ...