I've always thought of the LS2 as the red headed step child of LS engines. My favorites have to be the LSX for the fact that they are among the best at just about any category you can look for in an engine (mod potential, na power, boosted power, reliability, cost, packaging, etc..). Although I am not at all a Honda fan I have to take it off to the B18 just because it was like the LSX of 4cyl fwd powerplants.