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General Motors Investing $888 Million in U.S. Factory to Build a New Generation of V-8s
General Motors announced on Tuesday that it plans to invest a massive $888 million in its Tonawanda Propulsion plant in ...
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Lets Hope GM's New V8 Is Better Than The Last One
General Motors is moving ahead with its next-generation V8 engines—let's hope things go better this time around, considering ...
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The V-8 Is Not Dead: GM (Re-)Confirms New Sixth-Gen Small-Block, Puts Big Money Behind It
G M has announced it is adding another plant to support production of its sixth generation V-8 for use in full-size trucks ...
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Here's the Right Way to Build a V8-Powered Porsche 911
Instead, he turned to Las Vegas company Renegade Hybrids for a small-block conversion kit, and Westech Performance for a built Chevy V8 worthy of the Porsche's rear. The engine has 383 cubic ...
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GM Will Make a New Small-Block V-8, Spending $854 Million to Build It
Last week, the company announced an $854 million investment into a variety of its plants to build the sixth-generation small-block V-8. It's the first confirmation that GM is working on a new ...
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This LS V8 Porsche Boxster S Looks Surprisingly Stock At First Glance
“We make Germany’s fastest faster” is the motto of Renegade Hybrids, a Las Vegas-based company responsible for shoehorning small-block V8s in engine bays designed to fit boxers. From the 914 ...
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GM builds 100-millionth small-block engine
The small-block program began in the years after World ... The Ford Shelby GT350, the Nissan GT-R and the Porsche 911 GT3 are favorites too. He owns a 1963 Pontiac Star Chief, a 2014 Ford Mustang ...