2022 LS Fest East: PSI and LS1Tech Present The Car Show

09/09/2022

2022 LS Fest East: PSI and LS1Tech Present The Car Show

09/09/2022

If there is such a thing as a "mellow" side to LS Fest East, it has to be the car show. What better way to take a break from the action at the dragstrip and the autocross track than to walk through Beech Bend Raceway Park's green fields and take a look at the beautiful machines that are lined up for judging? The beauty of LS Fest East is that the variety of vehicles you are likely to see is vast. So long as an LS or Gen-V LT can fit somewhere within the perimeter of the wheels, there is a good chance you'll see it. It could be a tricked-out late model Camaro, a restoration-quality mid-1960s convertible, a lifted 3/4-ton crew-cab Squarebody truck, or...well, the sky is the absolute limit when it comes to what can be powered by a late-model GM powerplant. Pontiac Fieros with the engine still in the back, Corvairs with the engine in the front, and there is even a chance that you might see something like a go-kart, lawn equipment, or other implement that is now sporting the latest in greatest in GM power. Have a look in the gallery and see the cars that have come out for 2022!

1982 Volvo 244

Take one Swedish brick, an LS6, and the supercharger off of a Cadillac XLR-V (among other goodies) and you end up with David Dantonio's 1982 Volvo 244.

2006 Honda S2000

The Honda S2000 is famous as a little sports car with a high-revving screamer of an engine. So...yes, there is an LS6 and a Tremec six-speed. It might not rev to nearly 9,000 RPM, but there is no question about having a power-dense powerplant.

Velocity Exo Kit Car

Meet the Velocity Exo. It's a kit car that was originally designed to use a Volkswagen 1.8L engine. Later versions used the Audi 4.2L V8. This one? How about an LS1 with a BTR cam that is pushing 385 horsepower through a Porsche Boxster transaxle in a 1,900lb cage on wheels?

1989 Chrysler Conquest

After a rotated lifter wreaked havoc in their 4.8L at last year’s LS Fest, brothers Blane and Austin Darling and their father, Abe, put a junkyard 5.3L into their 1989 Chrysler Conquest. Expect them to head back into the burnout pit for a second shot at a tire-frying show.

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