EngineLabs Projects

Explore EngineLabs’ project engines — featuring cutting-edge builds, dyno-proven horsepower results, and expert performance insights.
2022 EngineLabs' Giveaway Engine
2022 EngineLabs’ Giveaway Engine — 1,000 HP Twin-Turbo Ford Godzilla
If you’ve been a fan of EngineLabs for more than half a second, you know about our annual EngineLabs Giveaway series. For 2022, we partnered with Summit Racing and Ford Performance to build a twin-turbocharged For
Supercharged 427 LS Built at the PRI Show
2021 EngineLabs’ Giveaway Engine – 1,500 Horsepower 427 LSX
At the 2021 PRI Show, with the help of Late Model Engines, we assembled a 427 cubic-inch, all-aftermarket LS engine on the show floor with the sole intention of giving it away to a lucky winner (hence the name, “g
LS3-based 427 Supercharged Engine
Project Engine Superbad
Project Superbad is going to be an awesome powerhouse designed to motivate LSX Magazine’s Project McLovin. We’re shooting for over 1,000 horsepower (conservatively) from a 3.0-liter Gen-5 Whipple supercharger and 427 cubic inches of all-aluminum LS3-based power. The plan isn’t just to cram a bunch of boost down the engine’s…
Turbocharged Gen-III LS
Project Engine 007
Project 007 Is a Gen-III 5.3L LS engine that started its life as the 1K for $8K engine, and has become our turbocharged test bed, trying out different parts and pieces in the four-digit horsepower range.
Small-Block Mopar Engine
Project Engine LA Thumper
When it comes to small-block Mopars, the 340 is more than legendary, it’s an icon. The small mill powered thousands of factory hot rods in the ‘60s and ‘70s, as well as an untold number of race cars since then
Small-Block Chevrolet Engine
Project Engine LS5.0
Project LS5.0 is essentially the real-world creation of the hypothetical engine we “built” in  DynoSim article, based on the original LS v Coyote competition. The whole purpose is to create, in real lif
2003 4.6L Ford Engine
Project Engine Boring 4-Valve
The Boring 4-Valve is a 2003 Mach 1 engine that Ivan Korda got for a steal (the exact words we had for him when he first mentioned it to us were, “You’re on the way to pick it up, right?”). We had
1993 Small-Block 5.0L Ford Engine
Project Engine Retro 5.0
We’re going back into the original 5.0 Mustang movement!  Project Retro 5.0 will recreate all the tech articles from back in the 1990s, but with the modern versions of components, in order to see how far we&#