8 Dec 2021, 06:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The cheap and poorly thought out engineering of the Avalanche's 8.1 liter 330 horsepower Vortec 8100 engine is all too apparent.

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

Over the years, General Motors has employed several eight-cylinder engine designs ranging from the inline "Straight-8" to the current LT1 V8. However, many agree that the small-block LS engines were ...

This is one of our newest trucks. It was funded by the Texas Forest Service through HB2604. The truck has a Vortec 8100 V8 to haul a 300 gallon polytank w/a 10 gallon foam cell. The pump is a Hale ...

Early 2000's American trucks are awesome, and monstrous 8.1 liter V8 Vortec Chevy trucks are even more so. But when the time comes to change the heater core on one of these beasts, the bill can leave ...

A motion GM filed to compel arbitration in an Ohio lawsuit over allegedly excessive oil consumption and defective piston rings in the Generation IV 5.3L Vortec V8 engine has been denied by the judge ...