As we all know, the LS engine has permeated itself into virtually every type of motorsport imaginable. They are also being built at every level of hot rodding, from junkyard rattle car rebuilds all the way to professionally engineered and scienced out racing engines. This is a video all about that fully scienced out racing engine part because it shows a 6.7L Katech built engine designed to be used in endurance road racing. How do we know that? Well half of the dyno pull they are showing us her is a simulation of the load placed on the engine during a trip through the Daytona infield during the famed 24 hour race.
No we do not know how much power the engine makes but let’s guess around 6-700. You know that you have a very serious build when there is gold shielding at the tops of the intake runners to keep the charge as cool as possible as it is drawn into the engine. We’d not call it ironic, but just awesome that this LS engine is a road racer. Why?
Who remembers back in the day when the engines first came out and they became rather notorious for oil starvation during road racing or autocross competition? Those early engines were fixed and obviously a machine like this one has a full racing oiling system but it’s still pretty cool that the little LS engine can be built into a beast capable of taking on the best in the world.
