Publicado: 11/22/24
El LS se convierte en un todo terreno
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General Motors LS engines have developed a reputation as some of the most versatile power plants in history. These engines that make up the Gen III and Gen IV Small-Block family are known as powerful and reliable choices from the show to the track.
They perform on the off-road course, too.
A wide variety of vehicles hit the off-road course during the 2024 Holley LS Fest East.
Fittingly, the GM LS platform’s off-road prowess was on display during this year’s Off-Road Experience at Holley LS Fest East in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In the shadow of Beech Bend Park’s famed “Kentucky Rumbler” roller coaster, a variety of purpose-built off-road vehicles let dirt fly for three days in early September.
Among the vehicles on hand were multiple high-powered buggies, trophy trucks, a stock-appearing square-body Chevrolet pickup truck and even some hoopties.
This square-body Chevrolet is built to perform with an upgraded suspension and an LS engine under the hood.
While many of the engines at LS Fest were swaps or specially built mills, Chevrolet Performance is also involved in the off-road world, primarily through its 525 RLB crate engine.*
The LS-based 525 RLB is a long-block assembly derived from the Bowtie’s CT525 crate option* and is available for universal sanctioning bodies. It has become a top choice of off-road racers competing in spec truck classes in the western United States. Now, it is poised to make its way to other off-road programs – including LS Fest.
Check out a photo gallery below featuring some of the dust-covered off-road highlights from Bowling Green.
Also, keep watching The BLOCK for more on off-road racing and all motorsports disciplines.
*Debido al efecto en el desempeño de las emisiones de un vehículo, estos motores están hechos para uso exclusivo en vehículos de competición. Estos motores están diseñados y concebidos para su uso en vehículos destinados exclusivamente a la competición: en carreras o competiciones organizadas en recorridos separados de las carreteras, calles o autopistas públicas. Es probable que la instalación o el uso de estos motores en un vehículo que circule por carreteras, calles o autopistas públicas infrinja las leyes y normativas estadounidenses, canadienses, estatales y provinciales relacionadas con las emisiones de vehículos de motor.