The next manuals are on the engine stand.
Once the LS 5.3 V2.0 Illustrated Builder Edition ships, the next three manuals are queued up — the 6.0L LQ4 / LQ9 iron-and-performance family, the 4.8L LR4 light-truck OG, and the platform-specific chassis books the homepage teased. Drop your email to get a single release-day note when each one ships; nothing else.
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Three manuals between here and the V2.0 shelf.
The flagship LS 5.3 (Manual 01) and the Torque Specs & Sequences companion already ship from the catalog. The next three editions cover the rest of the truck-LS family and the first chassis-specific book — same bench-photo format, same torque-from-the-build-sheet rule.
LS 6.0L — LQ4 / LQ9
Iron-block / aluminum-head · Gen III truck & performance
The big-block LS — iron-block LQ4 from the 2500hd workhorses and aluminum-head LQ9 from the Vortec-Max performance truck. Same source engine as the manual 01 blueprint, stretched out for the heavier rotating assembly, larger bore, and the rectangle-port heads the 5.3 skips.
LS 4.8L — LR4
Light-truck OG · compact Gen III
The smallest of the truck-family LS engines, and the one that lives in more vans / 1500 light-trucks than the rest combined. Compact block, smaller bore, budget-friendly rod-and-piston combinations — easy to miss on parts lookups if the manual table does not surface it.
LS 5.3 Builder’s Guide · V2.0 Illustrated
Update to the flagship · printable worksheets & build logs
The Cozart Garage LS 5.3 Builder’s Guide, rebuilt from the bench photos and current build sheets into a printable, illustrated workbook. Project sheets, build logs, technical diagrams, workflow checklists, and the LC9 reference appendix already mentioned on `/ls-rebuild`.
The same shelf, same format — extended.
The upcoming editions follow the same recipe Manual 01 set: real bench teardown photos, live torque sequences, the part-number cheat sheet, the do-this-not-that callouts. The only change is the engine code on the cover — and the platform-specific addenda when the chassis books start shipping.
- Format & delivery
Same format as the current manuals — full-color PDF, searchable, printable, mobile-friendly, download link hits your inbox within a minute of release. Stored in your account for re-download the same way.
- Updates & errata
One-time purchase, free errata updates for the life of the edition. If you bought Manual 01 already, you'll get the V2.0 Illustrated Workbook as a note the day it drops — same inbox, same unsubscribe logic.
the LS shelf · one wrencher · real bench pulls · patient editions