GM LSX Block

LSX BOWTIE BLOCK Delivering the seemingly impossible combination of professional racing-level strength and entry-level affordability, the LSX Bowtie Block is the next revolution in high-performance engine-building. This durable iron-block casting is based primarily on GM's production LS7 block, but designed with more material in key areas – including thicker deck and bores – to support displacements of 454 cubic inches or more, and unique six-bolts-per-cylinder-headclamping capability that enables forced-induction and nitrous combinations of greater than 2,000 horsepower.

Because the LSX Bowtie block is based on production LS blocks, all of the LS-Series Gen IV cylinder heads, crankshafts, oil pans, camshafts, and accessories bolt right up to it. There is also a tall-deck version for building even larger engines. Chevrolet Performance delivers the LSX Bowtie Block semi-finished, allowing you to finish it to your needs. Whether you’re building a “tame” 500-horse street engine for your hot rod or a 1,700 horsepower turbo engine for an Outlaw drag racer, the LSX Bowtie Block is the foundation for an unbeatable combination – at an unbeatable price!

LSX454 Production Block

• 4.185" bore
• Fully CNC machined
• Deck plate honed
• Align-honed main bearings
• Deck height 9.240" (production)
• Billet-steel main caps
• Includes all hardware
• Used in LSX454 crate engine

LSX Bowtie Block specs and features include:

• CNC-machined cast-iron block
• True priority main oiling
• 6-head bolts per cylinder
• Standard 4.400" bore spacing
• Extra-thick siamese cylinder bores
• Semi-finished, machined thicker decks
• LS7-style, 6-bolt dowel-located billet main bearing caps
• Wet-sump and dry-sump oiling capability
• Production-style deep-skirt head bolt holes
• Production bolt hole