23/08/2026
IT’S NOT AN LS!
A Chevy restomod fitted with an EFI equipped V8 that isn’t an LS? What sorcery is this?!
The TPI (Tuned Port Injection) engine fitted to our 1955 Apache Pick Up is a member of the huge and diverse family of Small Block V8s produced by Chevrolet. Arriving in 1985 in either 305ci/5.0 litre form as here or as a 350ci/5.7 litre, the TPI marked Chevrolet’s first successful use of electronic fuel injection, this paving the way for the more comprehensively managed engines that followed in later years.
While often overshadowed by the later LS family, its use of technology to achieve cleaner performance is often seen as the beginning of a return to power after emissions legislation had gradually restricted the outputs of the earlier carburettor engines. The TPI has a distinctive appearance in the engine bay, dominated by the huge central plenum and the long intake runners that give the engine its excellent low down torque.
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