I have often thought the LS motor is to small block Chevys as to what the small block Chevys were to the flat head Fords. Of course the flat head Fords were long before my time but it seems like it is commonplace to replace everything with an LS anymore because of efficiency of the motor. It seems as though Ford's Coyote engine and the Dodge Hemi cannot quite grab the popularity of the LS. Even with all that being said, I'm actually pretty excited to have a Dodge motor in my 48 Dodge pickup, not because I'm a purest, mainly because I've never had a non-Hemi Dodge engine before.