Driving Line compares the GM 4.2-liter inline-six-cylinder Vortec 4200 to Toyota's 2JZ engine, one of the most powerful inline-6 engines ever put in a production car. While the production GM 4.2 ...

He wasn't happy with the original Pontiac single-overhead-cam (SOHC) six and opted for an '05 Vortec 4200 (4.2L) purchased from Parts Planet in Rancho Cordova, California. With a turbocharger and ...

The engine is called the Vortec 4200 I6 and was initially created for General Motors’ midsize sport utility vehicles. Chevrolet engineers created a 24-valve, dual overhead cam, all-aluminum ...

It’s known by several names: The LL8, Vortec 4200, or more colloquially, the Ameri-Barra. The latter draws on a comparison to the mighty Barra I6 that Ford sold for years in Australia.

In the first installment, I'll talk about one engine that doesn't get nearly enough credit: the Vortec 4200 inline-six found under the hood of the Chevrolet Trailblazer. Nobody looks at the now ...

The Vortec 4200 debuts early next year in the redesigned 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada and shortly after that in the 2002 GMC Envoy and the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, a new sport-utility positioned above ...

When the General launched its Vortec 4200 inline-six, we knew we had to have one. How could we resist: With 270 horses and a Blue Flame bloodline, choosing the 4.2-liter—and the 2002 Chevrolet ...

Of course, wrestling a complete truck engine around the garage when you're trying to test-fit a modified bellhousing is a nightmare, so Rich found this cheap Vortec 4200 bare block. Mockups of ...